Draconical
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of draconic (“relating to or suggestive of dragons”).
"Againſt ſuch Witneſſes therefore you may be ſure this Dragon will make war, who in this Chapter is deſcribed under one ſingle Figure of a Red Dragon, the Roman Pagan Emperours being Pontifices Maximi, as well as Caeſars. In the following Chapter this Draconical power is divided into two, there being now ſuch a ſtate in the Roman Empire, as that there may be ſaid to be Imperium in Imperio, the Papal or Sacerdotal Hierarchy diſtinct from the Cæſarean Majeſty and Power."
- 2 Synonym of draconic (“very severe or strict; draconian”).
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of draconical (“very severe or strict; draconian”). alt-of
"And in a Parliament held at Weſtminſter was eſtabliſhed (a) the act of the ſix articles, which was named the bloudy ſtatute, and the whip of ſix ſtrings; which drew ſo much bloud upon poor Chriſtians, and whereof Auricular Confeſſion was one of the ſtrings. The procurer of that Draconical law, together with the occaſion thereof is particularly deſcribed by our Eccleſiaſtical Annaliſt Mr John Fox; whoever was the chief doer therein, Eccleſiaftical perſons were the chief ſufferers."
Example
More examples"Againſt ſuch Witneſſes therefore you may be ſure this Dragon will make war, who in this Chapter is deſcribed under one ſingle Figure of a Red Dragon, the Roman Pagan Emperours being Pontifices Maximi, as well as Caeſars. In the following Chapter this Draconical power is divided into two, there being now ſuch a ſtate in the Roman Empire, as that there may be ſaid to be Imperium in Imperio, the Papal or Sacerdotal Hierarchy diſtinct from the Cæſarean Majeſty and Power."
Etymology
From Latin dracō (“dragon”, stem dracōn-) + -ical.
From Latin Dracō (stem Dracōn-) + -ical, after the Athenian lawmaker Draco, known for making harsh laws.
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