Meanings
comparative more synecdochic · superlative most synecdochic
- Synonym of synecdochical.
Hence "public rites," "the rites of the Roman people," those rites conducted by magistrates, were performed on behalf of the citizen body as a whole, and, as a corollary, all citizens as individuals were understood to assent to those rites and, by synecdochic representation, to participate in them.
2012, Clifford Ando, Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284: The Critical Century (The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome), 22 George Square, Edinburgh EH89LF: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 55Synonyms: synecdochical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of synecdochical.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveusing the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it
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synecdochic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synecdochic
“synecdochic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synecdochic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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