Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, n. [LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F. pluvial.]

A priest's cope. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvial. See Plover.]

1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]

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2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

pluvial adj : marked by rain; "their vacation turned out to be a series of rainy days" [syn: rainy, pluvious]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvial. See Plover.]

1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]

2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, n. [LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F. pluvial.]

A priest's cope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)