a. [f. L. con- together + fœder- league, after federal, and the derivatives of confœderāre.] Pertaining or relating to a confederation; spec. in U.S. Hist. pertaining to the early organization of the United States under the Articles of Confederation adopted in 1781.
1866. H. Phillips, Amer. Paper Curr., II. 94. Portions … related to a confederal fund.
1866. Athenæum, No. 2032. 425/3. The struggle for confederal fusion.
