"policial" meaning in English

See policial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: police + -ial Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|police|ial}} police + -ial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} policial (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) Relating to the police. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-policial-en-adj-eZCjEOIP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ial

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          "ref": "1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter",
          "text": "[W]here the case is of importance—or, what amounts to the same thing in the policial eyes, when the reward is of magnitude, the qualities in question have never been known to fail.",
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