castrensial

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin castrensis, from castra (“camp”).

Adjective

castrensial (not comparable)

(archaic) Belonging to a (military) camp.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  […] making about 60 Miles in Circuit, which is the Measure of three Days Journey, according unto Military Marches, or Castrensial Mansions.

References

“castrensial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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