opinional, a. rare.
(əʊˈpɪnjənəl)
[f. opinion n. + -al1.]
Belonging to, of the nature of, or grounded upon opinion.
(Erroneously attributed by various writers to Bp. Pecock c 1450, whose word was opinial.)
| 1725–44 Lewis Pecock 200 Shewing that faith in this life is only probable or opinional not sciential, which, the Bishop says, is had in the blisse of heaven. 1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Liv. Subj. 84 No mere body of opinional truths or doctrines. 1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Meth. 68 Our notional and opinional relation to the total environment. |