documental, a.
(ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntəl)
[f. L. document-um document n. + -al1.]
† 1. Pertaining to teaching or instruction; instructive; didactic. Obs.
| c 1575 (title) Documental Sayings as those same were spoken forth by H[enrick] N[iclas]. 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God vi. ii. (1620) 227 Varro..though he be not eloquent yet is he so documental and sententious. |
2. Of or pertaining to documents; documentary.
| 1825 Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 277 The documental proofs of the same. 1883 H. M. Kennedy tr. Ten Brink's E.E. Lit. 37 The collection of documental material. 1892 R. Dunlop in Academy 10 Sept. 207/3, I think one ought to say ‘documentary’ and not ‘documental’ evidence. |