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probational, a.|prəʊˈbeɪʃənəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
1. = next, 1.
1650Trapp Comm. Exod. ix. 9 Job's boils were rather probational then penal. 1720Wheatley Comm. Prayer vi. §11 (ed. 3) 279* A State of Purgation; which they imagin'd to consist of a probational Fire. 1887H. S. Holland Christ or Eccles. (1888) 121 It is impossible to speak on the probational significance of human life.
†2. Performed for the sake of testing or trial; experimental. Obs.
1670Maynwaring Physician's Repos. 14 Medicines..the result of practice and frequent probational experiments in the Laboratory. |