SUCCURSAL

Etymology

Adjective

succursal (not comparable)

subsidiary (to a religious establishment)

Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.

Noun

succursal (plural succursals)

A subsidiary parish.

Source: Wiktionary


Suc*cur"sal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. succursale. See Succor, n. & v. t.]

Definition: Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary. [R.] Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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