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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SORTAL

a.Pertaining to or designating a sort. [Not in use. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SORTAL

SORTAL Sort "al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a sort. [Obs. ] Locke.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sortal

sor tal |ˈsôrtl ˈsɔrdl |Linguistics & Philosophy ▶adjective denoting or relating to a term representing a semantic feature that applies to an entity, classifying it as being of a particular kind. ▶noun a term of this kind, for example human as opposed to engineer .

Oxford Dictionary

sortal

sortal |ˈsɔːt (ə )l |Linguistics & Philosophy ▶adjective denoting or relating to a term representing a semantic feature that applies to an entity as long as it exists, classifying it as being of a particular kind. ▶noun a term of this kind, for example human as opposed to engineer .