a. Obs. rare–1. [f. CHARACTER sb. + -AL.] Character-depicting, descriptive.
1656. Cromwell, Sp., 17 Sept. That characteral name [‘man of sin’], given him in the epistle to the Thessalonians.
a. Obs. rare–1. [f. CHARACTER sb. + -AL.] Character-depicting, descriptive.
1656. Cromwell, Sp., 17 Sept. That characteral name [‘man of sin’], given him in the epistle to the Thessalonians.
