succursal

English

Etymology

Compare French succursale. See succour.

Adjective

succursal (not comparable)

  1. subsidiary (to a religious establishment)
  2. Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.
    • Milman
      Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents.

Noun

succursal (plural succursals)

  1. A subsidiary parish.
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