What does "coronal" mean?
Coronal: Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation. The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.
- 3.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin. Coronal suture (Anat.), a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones; the frontoparietal suture.
- 4.A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser.
- 5.The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronæ or garlands. Hooper.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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