dominical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Jesus Christ as Lord.
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of or relating to the Lord's Day, or Sunday.
adjective
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of, relating to, or emanating from Jesus Christ as Lord
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of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day
Other Word Forms
- undominical adjective
Etymology
Origin of dominical
First recorded in 1530–40; from Late Latin dominicālis, from Latin dominic(us) “of a lord, of the Lord” (from domin(us) “lord, master” + -icus -ic ) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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So goes one of Flannery O’Connor’s most enduring quotes, a salty twist on a dominical passage from the Book of John.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 9, 2017
It begins the ecclesiastical year, yet is a variable holiday fixed for each year by a complicated equation of epacts, dominical letters and Golden Numbers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whenever the intercalation is made there must necessarily be a change in the dominical letter.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
Then 1 - 0 = 1; therefore, A being the first letter, is dominical letter for 1865.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
Then 10 - 5 = 5; therefore E being the fifth letter is the dominical letter for 1365.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
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