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connexional, a.|kəˈnɛkʃənəl|
Also connectional.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, connexion.
18..Worcester cites Ed. Rev.
2. Of or pertaining to the Methodist Connexion.
1838Min. Wesl. Conf. Q. 23 The Connexional Fund to be raised on the occasion of the centenary. 1870Tyerman Life J. Wesley II. iii. 613 This was a great connexional effort to collect {pstlg}12,000 to defray all the connexional chapel debts. 1885Manch. Exam. 18 June 4/6 The Primitive Methodist..body..has now..connexional property to the value of nearly {pstlg}3,000,000 sterling.
Hence coˈnnexionalism, the system of the Methodist Connexion in theory and practice.
1883Daily News 28 Apr., They [Congregationalists] needed more connexionalism and must get out of their extreme independence and isolation. 1884Congregationalist Feb. 139 The necessity of something like local connexionalism. |