[ad. med.L. benedictiōnālis (sc. liber), i.e., book of benedictions; cf. hymnal, etc.] A book containing the forms of episcopal benedictions formerly in use.
1844. Lingard, Anglo-Sax. Ch., I. vii. (1858), 271, note. The Benedictional of St. Ethelwold.
1849. Rock, Ch. of Fathers, IV. ii. 37. The head deacon … gave the benedictional to the bishop.
1879. J. Simmons, in Lay Folks Mass Bk., 351, note. The new words … were rendered in the vulgar tongue, as … sang-boc (psalter), bletsing-boc (benedictional).
