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Auricular definition

ô-rĭkyə-lər
Of or relating to an auricle of the heart.

Auricular fibrillation.

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Of or relating to the sense of hearing or the organs of hearing.
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Perceived by or spoken into the ear.

An auricular confession.

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Shaped like an ear or an earlobe; having earlike parts or extensions.
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Of or near the ear, or having to do with the sense of hearing.
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Received by or spoken directly into the ear; private.

An auricular confession.

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Shaped like an ear.
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Of an auricle.
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Any of the feathers covering the opening of a bird's ear.
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Shaped like an ear or an earlobe; having earlike parts or extensions.
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Of or relating to an auricle of the heart.

Auricular fibrillation.

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Of or pertaining to the ear.
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Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing.

The auricular nerves were damaged.

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Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
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Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
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Received by the ear; known by report.
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(anatomy) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
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The little finger.
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Origin of auricular

  • Middle English auriculer spoken into the ear from Late Latin auriculāris from Latin auricula ear auricle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • The finger is so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin auricularis, from auricula + -aris.

    From Wiktionary

Auricular Sentence Examples

  • As public penance finally decayed, and auricular confession took its place, these were superseded by the Summae de Poenitentia, - law-books in the strictest sense.

  • Their crania have a normal development; their cheek-bones are high; their noses prominent, with large nostrils; their lips straight; and they are marked by the absence of the auricular lobules.

  • These parliament enacted into the terrible statute of " The Six Articles," in which a felon's death was prescribed for those who obstinately denied transubstantiation, demanded the communion under both kinds, questioned the binding character of vows of chastity, or the lawfulness of private Masses or the expediency of auricular confession.

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