a. Obs. [f. AUTHOR, after oratorical, etc.; not on L. analogies.] Of or pertaining to an author, or to one who is an authority.
1564. Bauldwin, Mor. Philos. (Palfr.), v. 4. Which they understand not, without some authoricall direction.
1837. Athenæum, No. 503. 437. Mere authorical backslidings.
