dominical
Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord.
VVhereas 'tis clear, that Rome obſerved the firſt day of the vveek, becauſe 'tvvas the Dominical day, the day of our Lord's Reſurrection; vvhereas the proper Paſchal-day vvas tvvo or three days before the Lords day:
Origin: [[File:Lier Zimmertoren Clock detail 09.JPG|thumb|A dial on the Zimmer tower in Lier, Belgium, indicating the solar cycle (inner ring) and dominicals or dominical letters (outer ring; noun sense 3.2).]] , borrowed from , from (compare the day of the Lord, Sunday) + -ālis. Dominicus is derived from dominus (used in Latin versions of the Bible to translate titles of the God of the Hebrew Tanakh and Greek New Testament; probably ultimately from ) + -icus. Adjective senses 3.1 (“of printed text: in a large size”) and 3.2 (“red, ruddy”) refer to the practice of printing dominical letters in a la. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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“Golden Number: 13; Epact: XI; Indiction: 12; Solar Cycle: 19; Dominical Letter: D; Martyrology Letter: l”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(archaic) Of or pertaining to the Lord's Day, Sunday.
VVhereas 'tis clear, that Rome obſerved the firſt day of the vveek, becauſe 'tvvas the Dominical day, the day of our Lord's Reſurrection; vvhereas the proper Paſchal-day vvas tvvo or three days before the Lords day:
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient system of dominical letters, used for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year.
VVhereas 'tis clear, that Rome obſerved the firſt day of the vveek, becauſe 'tvvas the Dominical day, the day of our Lord's Reſurrection; vvhereas the proper Paſchal-day vvas tvvo or three days before the Lords day:
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