Bible Dictionaries
Modal

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.

(2):

(a.) Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Modal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/modal.html. 1828.