Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to a protector; protectoral.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Same as protectoral.

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  • adjective Alternative form of protectoral.

Etymologies

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Compare Latin protectorius.

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Examples

  • Over the Danubian Principalities Russia possessed by the Treaty of Adrianople undoubted protectorial rights; but these Provinces stood on a footing quite different from that of the remainder of the Empire.

    A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868

  • Russia possessed by treaty protectorial rights over these Provinces.

    A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868

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