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domical

American  
[doh-mi-kuhl, dom-i-] / ˈdoʊ mɪ kəl, ˈdɒm ɪ- /
Also domic

adjective

  1. domelike.

  2. having a dome.


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Etymology

Origin of domical

First recorded in 1840–50; dome + -ical

Example Sentences

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"Out there on the desert�just the dunes, me and my feet," mused Telly Savalas, domical Big Daddy of TV's Kojak series.

From Time Magazine Archive

The climax of a domical church is obviously the dome.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)

In some bas-reliefs, buildings with roofs of a domical shape are represented.

From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

Robert de Luzarches and his successors aimed rather at the domical outline, with its central point at the centre of the church, in the spire or fl�che.

From Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays by Pater, Walter

S. Mary Abchurch, is nearly square in plan, has no columns and is covered with a domical ceiling, but so skilfully treated that the effect is singularly pleasing.

From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney

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