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单词 muneral
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muneraladj.

Forms: 1600s munerall.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mūnerālis.
Etymology: < classical Latin mūnerālis (although only recorded in the sense ‘relating to gifts’) < mūner- , mūnus present, gift, also office, official duty (cognate with the second element of commūnis common adj. and ultimately with i-mene adj.) + -ālis -al suffix1.Compare in the sense of munerary adj.:1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words (at cited word) Munerale, pertaining to gifts. Compare also slightly earlier munerate v.
Obsolete. rare.
Of or relating to duty; official.
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society > occupation and work > duties > [adjective]
muneral1606
functional1631
1606 Bp. W. Barlow One of Foure Serm. Hampton Court C As if the calling Episcopall were a Numeral, not a Munerall function.
1626 T. Adams Five Serm. 35 To be a Bishop then, is not a Numerall, but a Munerall function.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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