Dominical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dominical \Do*min"ic*al\, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus
     belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day),
     fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See {Dame}.]
     1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.
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     2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or
        Lord's) prayer. --Howell.
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              Some words altered in the dominical Gospels.
                                                    --Fuller.
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     {Dominical altar} (Eccl.), the high altar.
  
     {Dominical letter}, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes
        Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven
        letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the
        same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year
        (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the
        end of February). After twenty-eight years the same
        letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go
        backwards one day every common year, and two every leap
        year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be
        G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year.
        Called also {Sunday letter}. Cf. {Solar cycle}, under
        {Cycle}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dominical \Do*min"ic*al\, n.
     The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dominical
       adj 1: of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ
       2: of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day