coronial
English
Adjective
coronial (not comparable)
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) Of, by or pertaining to a coroner.
- 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIV,
- When the station was reached the doctor, of course, said that Garfield's death had been instantaneous, and as he was vested with coronial powers a formal inquest was held before burial.
- 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIV,
Usage notes
The word is in widespread use in Australia and New Zealand, but is mainly restricted to legal jargon elsewhere.
Etymology 2
Blend of coronavirus + millennial
Noun
coronial (plural coronials)
- (uncommon) A baby conceived or born during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially one apparently conceived during a lockdown.
- 2020 August 14, “Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan to have a 'coronial' baby. Here's what it means …”, in Onmanorama, Kottayam, Kerala:
- Bollywood couple Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan announced that they are expecting their second child together. Their baby will be a coronial.
- 2022 March 12, Anna Sarjeant, “What it's like to be seven months pregnant with Covid-19”, in NZ Herald:
- I am unsure when they will get to meet their first grandson, but they intend to spend Easter in the UK with my brother, a week before our coronial baby is due. And "with a bit of luck", as my dear mother said, "we'll all be together for his arrival on Zoom".
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