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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Obsidional \Ob*sid"i*o*nal\, a. [L. obsidionalis, from obsidio a siege, obsidere to besiege: cf. F. obsidional. See Obsess.] Of or pertaining to a siege. [1913 Webster] Obsidional crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or upon one who held out against a siege. [1913 Webster]