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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Referential

Referential \Ref`er*en"tial\ (-shal), a. Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use. -- Ref`er*en"tial*ly, adv.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
referential

1650s, from reference (n.) on model of inferential, etc. Related: Referentially.

Wiktionary
referential

a. 1 Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other. 2 Serving as a reference.

WordNet
referential

adj. referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential"

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Usage examples of "referential".

In fact, he consistently suggests that individual words have a kind of lambency at the core that goes beyond their referential employment.

Some said that strange glowing beings from the Silicon Valley had wandered in overnight and started the baby dome, then infiltrated the Psychics, the Gaians, and the Extropians, whose neural architecture would be read into the Dome, become part of its exponentially growing referential power.

The database has all sorts of referential integrity checks built-in.