a. rare. [f. L. type *fundātōri-us (see next) + -AL.] Pertaining or proper to a founder.
1892. Freeman, Hist. Ess., Ser. II. xvi. 305. The Queen issues the document by virtue of her ‘fundatorial’ powers, powers which we may conceive at pleasure as being derived from Æthelberht or from her own father.
