Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or containing a census.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to, or containing, a census.
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- adjective Relating to, or containing, a
census .
Etymologies
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Latin censualis, from census.
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Examples
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It was not until the evil spirit mentioned in the scriptures, found the house "empty" [unimployed] that he was able to enter with "seven other spirits more wicked than himself:" so it is with idlers generally; -- the Devil takes this advantage of them, first inflaming their desires of censual happiness, vitiating their tastes and corrupting their minds generally, until he, by these means succeeds in
An Address to the People of North Carolina, on the Evils of Slavery. By The Friends of Liberty and Equality Manumission Society of North Carolina 1830
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