dominical noun & adjective.
[dǝ'mɪnɪk(ǝ)l] ME.[Old & mod. French, or late Latin dominicalis, from Latin dominicus, from dominus lord, master: see -ICAL.]A. noun.
Christian Church.
1. A book, garment, or other item intended for use on Sundays;
spec. a veil formerly worn by women when receiving the Eucharist. Now
rare.
ME.2. The Lord's day, Sunday.
M16-L17.3. =
dominical letter (see sense B.2 below).
L16-L17.4. A person who observes the Christian Sunday but does not treat it strictly as representing the sabbath of the Israelites.
M19.b. adjective.
I. Christian Church. Also
Dominical.
1. Of or pertaining to the Lord (Christ); Lord's.
ME.dominical day Sunday.
dominical year the year of Our Lord (numbered from an assumed year of the birth of Jesus).
■ R. Harries The Church is not now regarded as a profession in which a career may be advanced. This is..a return to more Dominical standards.2. Of or pertaining to Sunday.
LME.dominical letter the one of the seven letters A-G used to indicate the dates of Sundays in a particular year (sometimes printed in red, or distinctive type, in the calendar).
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