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succursal, a. and n.|səˈkɜːsəl|
[ad. F. *succursal, only in fem. succursale (sc. église church), ad. L. *succursālis, f. succursus succour. Cf. It. soccorsale.]
A. adj. Subsidiary; applied esp. to a religious establishment dependent upon a principal one.
1844[C. MacFarlane] Camp of Refuge I. 9 From the grand abbey of Crowland to the dependent house or succursal cell of Spalding. 1855Milman Lat. Christ. xiv. viii. VI. 564 Its Cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches. Ibid. 574 The building, with its succursal aisles. 1889Tablet 16 Feb. 243/1 The more recent institution of the latter and its succursal office.
B. n. A subsidiary establishment; a branch institution, society, business, etc. (Const. to, of.)
1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 221 The ‘Virtuous Club,’ established as a succursal to the Royal Society. 1862― Accepted Addr. 86 The undertaking business..was a succursal to his trade. 1884Athenæum 22 Mar. 376/1 Freston, or Frieston, was a succursal of the Benedictine Abbey of Croyland.
‖b. In F. form succursale (n. fem. sing.).
1882Times 11 Sept. 7/4 The new docks on the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, a sort of succursale of the East and West India Dock system. 1885Ibid. 18 Sept. 13/4 Six of the monks emigrated last year to America, and 32 have been detached to a succursale in Tipperary. 1901A. C. Welch Anselm & His Work v. 87 So many monks passed between the two, that St. Saviour's became practically a succursale of Le Bec. 1910Nation 16 July 568/2 Mexico..has become a mere ‘succursale’ of the United States. |