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/kˌɑnstətˈuʃənəl/ Listen

adjective

Constitutional adj.

Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.

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

Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights.

Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis. "The anient constitutional traditions of the state."

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.

noun

Constitutional n. A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution. (Colloq.) "The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the different roads."

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Etymology of 'Constitutional'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Constitutional" Quotes from Famous Books

... a man of middle age who, through constitutional delicacy, looked older than his years. His features, well-cut in themselves, were marred by the excessive thinness and pallor of his face; and his eyes, beneath their heavy lids, told a story of unrestful nights spent in wrestling with some mental or physical pain which forbade the ...

— Afterwards • Kathlyn Rhodes

... did so because it is in the shape of a serpent," suggested Grexon; "a constitutional failing, perhaps. Some people hate cats and other fluttering birds. Your one-eyed friend may have a loathing of snakes and can't bear to ...

— The Opal Serpent • Fergus Hume

... suffering from disease, the experiment of a residence in Ceylon is one of questionable propriety. Those of a scrofulous diathesis need not consider it hazardous, as experience does not show that in such there is any greater susceptibility to local or constitutional disorders, or that when these are present, there is greater difficulty in ...

— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent

... assembly was created; a governor was appointed by the President of the United States; and a delegate was sent to Congress, instead of a crowd of lobbyists, to represent the District of Columbia. This delegate is always to be a member of the committee on the District, Congress has the constitutional right of exclusive legislation, and the Assembly cannot impose taxes of any consequence without ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 • Various

... open air," he said to me, when he came to my rooms on the morning after he had snored, and he looked at a volume of Stubbs' Constitutional History as if he was very tired of it. I was also feeling rather dull, for I had already got through a fortnight of my gating, and to be kept in college after nine o'clock night after night ...

— Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate • Charles Turley

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