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elonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.

The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherene to a constitution or constitutional government. Carlyle.

One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.

The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame.

e with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid. The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam.

Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, the terms of a constitution of government; contrary to the constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer. Burke. -- Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al"i*ty, n. -- Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al-ly, adv.

Help; succor; assistance; relief. An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam.

Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to. Fuller.

ac; atrabiliary. Dunglision. A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. Lowell. He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful. Froude.

An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. "Constitutional barriers." Hopkinson.

Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.

A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.…

awny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.

d by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.

Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion. A moral rather than a complexional timidity. Burke.

Constitutionally. [R.] Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke.

One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also Dekabrist.

rcised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

ccessor. The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions. De Quincey.