responsal

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adjective

1

obsolete : answerable, responsible

2

obsolete : responsive

responsal

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noun

re·​spon·​sal

rə̇ˈspän(t)səl,

rēˈs-

plural -s

1

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin responsalis of a reply]

a

obsolete : reply, answer

b

archaic : a respond in a liturgy

2

[Medieval Latin responsalis, from responsalis of a reply] obsolete : the respondent in a disputation

3

: responsalis

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English responsaill, from Medieval Latin responsalis of a reply, answerable, from Latin responsum reply + -alis -al

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