a. [f. as prec. + -AL.] Of, pertaining to, or connected with, anthropology. a. Relating to the nature of man.
1825. Beddoes, Poems (1851), Introd. 51. A series of anthropological experiments developed for the purpose of ascertaining some important psychical principle.
1834. Penny Cycl., II. 97. Anthropological Didactic, or instructions for learning both the Interior and Exterior of Man: Anthropological Characteristic, or the way to find out the Interior from the Exterior.
1869. Haddan, Apost. Succ., i. 5. Respecting the anthropological side of Christianity.
b. Relating to the natural history of mankind.
1863. Lond. Rev., 7 Feb., 155/2 The first meeting of the Anthropological Society will take place … on the 24th of this month.
1864. Sat. Rev., 27 Aug., 262/1. A weakness for an octogenarian Premier as an anthropological curiosity.
