PRONUNCIATION:

(PREE-dee-uhl) 

MEANING:

adjective: Of or relating to land, farming, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin praedium (estate), from praes (bondsman), from prae- (before) + vas (surety). Earliest documented use: 1461.

USAGE:

“Agrarian outbreaks, in many places, assumed the aspect of a predial war.”
Johnson Rossiter; The Great Events by Famous Historians; 1905.