sententialadj.

/sɛnˈtɛnʃəl/

Etymology: < Latin sententiālis in the form of a sentence, < sententia : see sentence n. and -al suffix¹.

†1. Containing, or of the nature of, ‘sentences’ or ‘maxims’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective]

sententiala1475

sententious1542

topic1581

apophthegmatical?1589

topical1594

adagial1647

aphoristical1661

gnomonic1706

axiomatical1738

gnomologic1751

aphoristic1753

maximical1779

apophthegmatic1796

aphorismic1798

gnomic1815

aphorismatic1822

axiomatic1835

maximic1854

aphorismical1880

a1475 G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 51 Right so though I haue not seien scripture Of many bookes right sentenciall [etc.].

1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue lxxxix. sig. M The two first staffes of this Sonnet are altogether sententiall, and euerie one verse of them is grownded vpon a diuerse reason and authoritie from the rest.

1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 13 Containing principally..holy sentences, (whence also they may be called Sententiall).

a. Pertaining to a sentence or series of words in syntactical connection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to a sentence

sentential1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iv. 15 Verball expressions, or sententiall significations.

1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art of Reading I. ii. 142 Of the accentual speech I have mentioned two kinds; one verbal, the other sentential.

1776 A. Geddes Prosp. New Transl. Bible 127 My translation..is neither literal nor verbal; but, if I may use the term, strictly sentential.

1798 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iv. 211 There are two sorts of [poetical] pauses, one for sense, and one for melody, perfectly distinct from each other. The former may be called sentential; the latter, harmonic pauses. The sentential pauses are those which are known to us by the name of stops.

1956 J. H. Greenberg in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 471/2 Sentential meaning. The meaning of a maximal linguistic structure (i.e., of a sentence).

1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax ii. 100 Nouns with sentential Complements (such as ‘the idea that he might succeed’).

1978 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 96 They are excluded either by Ross's ‘rightward bounding constraint’ and ‘sentential subject constraint’, or by Chomsky's ‘subjacency condition’.

b. Logic. In collocations denoting logical operations relating to sentences or propositions; esp. as sentential calculus, sentencial connective, sentencial function. Cf. propositional adj. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1937 A. Smeaton tr. R. Carnap Logical Syntax Lang. iii. 91 Primitive sentences of the sentential calculus.

1937 A. Smeaton tr. R. Carnap Logical Syntax Lang. iii. 138 Frege himself had already made a similar classification of all sentential functions into levels and kinds which also were arranged according to the kinds of their arguments.

1957 P. Suppes Introd. to Logic iii. 43 We have developed the logic of the sentential connectives.

1966 Math. Rev. Jan. 7/1 The author presents a set of nine axiom schemes and two rules for the predicate calculus based on the infinite-valued sentential calculus of Lukasiewicz.

1976 G. Evans in Evans & McDowell Truth & Meaning viii. 215 Intuitionistic sentential connectives cannot be regarded as representing truth functions in any finite many-valued logic.

1976 A. R. Lacey Dict. Philos. 75 x is red can be called a propositional, statemental (rare) or sentential function, according as blood is red is regarded as a proposition, statement or sentence. Sentential functions are often called open sentences. The term closed sentential function is occasionally used of ordinary sentences.

3. Of the nature of a ‘sentence’ or final judicial decision. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [adjective] > of judgements of God

sententiala1603

judicial1613

judiciary1630

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [adjective] > finally decisive

sententiala1603

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 121 The judgement of the Church doth not hinder the sententiall iudgement of our Sauiour.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 441 Seazing on their money be a sententiall forfeiture.

1677 J. Owen Doctr. Justif. by Faith iv. 186 No more is Justification the change of a person from inherent unrighteousness unto Righteousness, but a sentential Declaration of him to be Righteous.

1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 9 After the Words going forth there is the Epoch of the 70 Weeks Fix'd; and in the Wise Provision of the Holy Spirit, we have an Explanation,..of the Words going forth by the Decree, or Sentential Word of the God of Israel.

4. Pertaining to opinion.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1792 D. Lloyd Characteristics Men 22 Noisy discord and sentential strife.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sentential
释义	sententialadj. /sɛnˈtɛnʃəl/ Etymology: < Latin sententiālis in the form of a sentence, < sententia : see sentence n. and -al suffix¹. †1. Containing, or of the nature of, ‘sentences’ or ‘maxims’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective] sententiala1475 sententious1542 topic1581 apophthegmatical?1589 topical1594 adagial1647 aphoristical1661 gnomonic1706 axiomatical1738 gnomologic1751 aphoristic1753 maximical1779 apophthegmatic1796 aphorismic1798 gnomic1815 aphorismatic1822 axiomatic1835 maximic1854 aphorismical1880 a1475 G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 51 Right so though I haue not seien scripture Of many bookes right sentenciall [etc.]. 1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue lxxxix. sig. M The two first staffes of this Sonnet are altogether sententiall, and euerie one verse of them is grownded vpon a diuerse reason and authoritie from the rest. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 13 Containing principally..holy sentences, (whence also they may be called Sententiall). 2. a. Pertaining to a sentence or series of words in syntactical connection. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to a sentence sentential1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iv. 15 Verball expressions, or sententiall significations. View more context for this quotation 1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art of Reading I. ii. 142 Of the accentual speech I have mentioned two kinds; one verbal, the other sentential. 1776 A. Geddes Prosp. New Transl. Bible 127 My translation..is neither literal nor verbal; but, if I may use the term, strictly sentential. 1798 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iv. 211 There are two sorts of [poetical] pauses, one for sense, and one for melody, perfectly distinct from each other. The former may be called sentential; the latter, harmonic pauses. The sentential pauses are those which are known to us by the name of stops. 1956 J. H. Greenberg in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 471/2 Sentential meaning. The meaning of a maximal linguistic structure (i.e., of a sentence). 1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax ii. 100 Nouns with sentential Complements (such as ‘the idea that he might succeed’). 1978 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 96 They are excluded either by Ross's ‘rightward bounding constraint’ and ‘sentential subject constraint’, or by Chomsky's ‘subjacency condition’. b. Logic. In collocations denoting logical operations relating to sentences or propositions; esp. as sentential calculus, sentencial connective, sentencial function. Cf. propositional adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1937 A. Smeaton tr. R. Carnap Logical Syntax Lang. iii. 91 Primitive sentences of the sentential calculus. 1937 A. Smeaton tr. R. Carnap Logical Syntax Lang. iii. 138 Frege himself had already made a similar classification of all sentential functions into levels and kinds which also were arranged according to the kinds of their arguments. 1957 P. Suppes Introd. to Logic iii. 43 We have developed the logic of the sentential connectives. 1966 Math. Rev. Jan. 7/1 The author presents a set of nine axiom schemes and two rules for the predicate calculus based on the infinite-valued sentential calculus of Lukasiewicz. 1976 G. Evans in Evans & McDowell Truth & Meaning viii. 215 Intuitionistic sentential connectives cannot be regarded as representing truth functions in any finite many-valued logic. 1976 A. R. Lacey Dict. Philos. 75 x is red can be called a propositional, statemental (rare) or sentential function, according as blood is red is regarded as a proposition, statement or sentence. Sentential functions are often called open sentences. The term closed sentential function is occasionally used of ordinary sentences. 3. Of the nature of a ‘sentence’ or final judicial decision. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [adjective] > of judgements of God sententiala1603 judicial1613 judiciary1630 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [adjective] > finally decisive sententiala1603 a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 121 The judgement of the Church doth not hinder the sententiall iudgement of our Sauiour. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 441 Seazing on their money be a sententiall forfeiture. 1677 J. Owen Doctr. Justif. by Faith iv. 186 No more is Justification the change of a person from inherent unrighteousness unto Righteousness, but a sentential Declaration of him to be Righteous. 1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 9 After the Words going forth there is the Epoch of the 70 Weeks Fix'd; and in the Wise Provision of the Holy Spirit, we have an Explanation,..of the Words going forth by the Decree, or Sentential Word of the God of Israel. 4. Pertaining to opinion.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1792 D. Lloyd Characteristics Men 22 Noisy discord and sentential strife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.a1475
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