a. nonce-wd. [f. prec. + -AL; irreg. for criterial.] Of or relating to a criterion.
1830. Coleridge, Table-t., 23 Sept. There are two kinds of logic: 1. Syllogistic, 2. Criterional…. The criterional logic, or logic of premisses, is, of course, much the most important; and it has never yet been treated.
