Definition of epochal
1 : of or relating to an epoch
2 : uniquely or highly significant : momentous during his three epochal years in the assembly — C. G. Bowers; also : unparalleled epochal stupidity
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An outcry ensued, with analysts on both sides of the Atlantic talking of an epochal shift in relations.
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And certainly, no one expected 2016 to be such a buoyant, maybe even epochal, year for music.
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1685
First Known Use of epochal
1685
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