a. Obs. [ad. L. contiōnāl-is belonging to an assembly: see prec. and -AL.] Of or belonging to a public assembly or a public discourse; belonging to public preaching.
1637. Rutherford, Lett. (1862), I. 429. It is not a formal thanksgiving, but an annunciation or predication of Christs deathconcional not adorative.
1646. S. Bolton, Arraignm. Err., 288. There is a three-fold rebuke, Fraternall, Concionall, Judicial the second may be done by one single Pastour.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Concional, pertaining to a Sermon or Oration, or to the Assembly or Pulpit.
1711. G. Cary, Phys. Phylactick, 141. Either in Doctrine called Concional, or in Discipline termed Judicial.