a. [f. prec. + -AL..] Of or pertaining to civilization.
1848. (title) England the Civilizer … with reference to the Civilizational History of Modern Europe…. By a woman.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 1358/1. The aboriginal inhabitants … are by no means uniform … in grade of civilisational development.
1866. Lord Strangford, in Pall Mall Gaz., 6 April, 9/2. Mere civilizational optimism.
