Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dominical letter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: do-mini-cal let-ter
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the first seven letters of the alphabet, used in religious calendars to mark the Sundays throughout the year and determine dates such as Easter Sunday.

Inflected Forms

dominical letters (plural)

Questions

What does dominical letter mean?: Any of the first seven letters of the alphabet, used in religious calendars to mark the Sundays throughout the year and determine dates such as Easter Sunday.

How to pronounce dominical letter

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