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
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
Then we have for the year 2, 3 - 2 = 1; therefore A being the first letter, is dominical letter for the year 2; hence it is evident that January commenced on Sunday.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
This period is called the dominical or solar cycle, and restores the first day of the year to the same day of the week.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
The dominical letter probably was not known until the Council of Nice, in the year of our Lord 325, where, in all probability, it had its origin.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
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