What does "constitutional" mean?

Constitutional: In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights. Hallam.
  2. 3.Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis. The anient constitutional traditions of the state. Macaulay.
  3. 4.For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk. [Colloq.] Constitutional law, law that relates to the constitution, as a permanent system of political and juridical government, as distinguished from statutory and common law, which relate to matters subordinate to such constitution.
  4. 5.A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution. [Colloq.] Thackeray. The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the different roads. Compton Reade.

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