"impedimental" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From impediment + -al.",
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          "text": "impedimental bars; impedimental device",
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          "text": "Here again, if he had consented to remain quiet, he might have been what the world calls “successful;” but he was troubled with convictions—things so impedimental to success!—and these drew down upon him a sentence of excommunication.",
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        "Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing."
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  "word": "impedimental"
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