a. [a. F. cantonal: see CANTON sb.1 and -AL.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a canton.
1842. Penny Cycl., XXIII. 426/1. In Switzerland several of the cantonal governments were parties to the bargain.
1847. Grote, Greece, II. xxxi. IV. 176. It is well known … how unalterable are parochial or cantonal boundaries.
1861. M. Arnold, Pop. Educ. France, 41. The formation of cantonal committees, to watch over the … primary schools.
