succursal

American  

[suh-kur-suhl] / səˈkɜr səl /

adjective

1. subsidiary, especially noting a religious establishment that is dependent upon a principal one.

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succursal British  

/ sʌˈkɜːsəl /

adjective

1. (esp of a religious establishment) subsidiary

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noun

1. a subsidiary establishment

Etymology

Origin of succursal

1835–45; < French succursale < Latin succurs ( us ) ( see succor) + -ale -al ¹

Example Sentences

A large convent has been turned into a succursal or subsidiary house to the invalids at Paris, insufficient to receive the increased number of disabled soldiers.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby

We have a little club there—a sort of succursal to the Jacobins.

From The Trampling of the Lilies by Sabatini, Rafael

Of course this effect must be secured by succursal hothouses, not always open to visitors.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various