Ar·un·dēl'ian, a.

a. Pertaining to Arundel; as, the Arundelian marbles, ancient stones, containing a chronological detail of the principal events of Greece, from Cecrops, who lived about 1582 years before Christ, to the archonship of Diognetus, before Christ 264.

☞ These stones are called Arundelian from the earl of Arundel, who employed William Petty to procure relics of antiquity in the East, in 1624. These, with other curiosities, were purchased, and by the earl's grandson presented to the University of Oxford.