a. [f. prec. + -AL 1.] Of Areopagitic nature or character; also = prec.
1594. T. B., La Primaud. Fr. Acad., 583. The areopagiticall lords in Athens.
1846. Ht. Martineau, Hist. Peace, I. II. v. 400. To keep within reasonable bounds that predominating areopagitical spirit.
