papyral

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From papyrus +‎ -al.

Adjective[edit]

papyral (comparative more papyral, superlative most papyral)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.
  2. Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.
  3. (rare) Synonym of papyrological, of or related to papyrology.
    • 1910, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. I, p. 582:
      More recent research, patristic and papyral, has largely changed the method of Old Testament exegesis.

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