Meaning

(chiefly Australia and New Zealand) Of, by or pertaining to a coroner..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) Of, by or pertaining to a coroner.
2. Of or pertaining to coronides.
3. (uncommon) A baby conceived or born during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially one apparently conceived during a lockdown.

Example Sentences

1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIV, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt When the station was reached the doctor, of course, said that Garfield's death had been instantaneous, and as he was vested with coronial powers a formal inquest was held before burial.

But, overturning the 1961 coronial finding, Victorian coroner John Olle ruled Ms Kramer's mother, Phyllis Loomes, had put the bag over Margaret's head.

Bollywood couple Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan announced that they are expecting their second child together. Their baby will be a coronial.

I am unsure when they will get to meet their first grandson, but they intend to spend Easter in the UK with my brother, a week before our coronial baby is due. And "with a bit of luck", as my dear mother said, "we'll all be together for his arrival on Zoom".

For those who don't know, Veer is a coronial baby and because of this Amrita and Anmol were not able to take him anywhere!

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• coronials

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When Should You Use Coronial?

Use coronial when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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