Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or associated with Jesus as the Lord.
- adjective Relating to Sunday as the Lord's day.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Lord's day, or Sunday.
- Relating to Christ as Lord: as, the dominical prayer.
- noun The Lord's day; Sunday.
- noun The Lord's house; a building used for religious service.
- noun A dominical letter.
- noun A garment or veil for Sundays. See
dominicale .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.
- adjective Relating to, or given by, our Lord.
- adjective (Eccl.) the high altar.
- adjective 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 alsoSunday letter . Cf. Solar cycle, underCycle , n. - noun obsolete The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Pertaining to the day of the Lord (i.e., Jesus): Sunday.
- adjective Pertaining to the dominical letter, an ancient system for determining
Sundays (and especiallyEaster Sunday ) in any given year. - noun obsolete
Sunday - noun obsolete The
Lord's Prayer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ
- adjective of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We sallied forth to join in the traditional Sunday evening promenade or "paseo dominical".
Walking the walk, talking the talk - San Patricio/Melaque revisited 2007
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We sallied forth to join in the traditional Sunday evening promenade or "paseo dominical".
Walking the walk, talking the talk - San Patricio/Melaque revisited 2007
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We sallied forth to join in the traditional Sunday evening promenade or "paseo dominical".
Walking the walk, talking the talk - San Patricio/Melaque revisited 2007
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MexConnect. com Forums: Areas: Gulf of Mexico: Paseo dominical en bicicleta Noviembre
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These were: (1) the Scriptures as the Word of God, (2) the Nicene Creed as a sufficient statement of faith, (3) the dominical sacraments, and (4) the historic episcopate.
Archive 2007-06-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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In listing the dominical sacraments, the Bishops explained: "The two Sacraments,--Baptism and the Supper of the Lord,--ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him."
Why wheat? Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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These were: (1) the Scriptures as the Word of God, (2) the Nicene Creed as a sufficient statement of faith, (3) the dominical sacraments, and (4) the historic episcopate.
Why wheat? Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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In listing the dominical sacraments, the Bishops explained: "The two Sacraments,--Baptism and the Supper of the Lord,--ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him."
Archive 2007-06-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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In my experience, the biggest personal one is the dominical demand to forgive the repentant.
The biggest stumbling blocks Mike L 2006
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At times we all deserve the dominical rebuke "O ye of little faith."
Archive 2006-03-01 Mike L 2006
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