responsal
adjEtymology Compare Latin responsalis.
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Obsolete answerable; responsible
responsal
nounEtymology Compare Latin responsalis.
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Obsolete One who is answerable or responsible.
- Anatolius being put into that See in the room of Flavianus, by the influence of Dioſcorus, (vvhoſe Reſponſal he had been) and having favoured the Eutychian Faction, Pope Leo might thence have had a fair colour to diſavovv him as uncapable of that Function and Dignity, he being ſo obnoxious; […]a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The VI. [Supposition] that in Fact the Roman Bishops Continually from Saint Peter’s Time have Enjoyed and Exercised this Sovereign Power]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 334:
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Obsolete A liturgical response.
- After some short prayers and responsals, the mass-priest begs,1674, Daniel Brevint, Saul and Samuel at Endor:
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A proctor for a monastery.