Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dominical

/dəˈmɪnək(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
do-min-i-cal
IPA
/dəˈmɪnək(ə)l/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Lord's Day, Sunday.

Archaic

noun

A person who keeps Sunday as a day of rest, but does not regard it as representing the Sabbath of the Old Testament of the Bible.

noun

A payment legally due from a parishioner to the parish, because the parishioner's house was built on land, ownership of which would have originally obliged the landowner to pay a tithe to the parish.

British usage

noun

The Lord's Day; Sunday.

Obsolete

noun

Ellipsis of dominical letter.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dominical (“(adjective) of or pertaining to the Lord’s day or Sunday; (noun) a book containing the liturgy for Sunday (?)”), borrowed from Medieval Latin dominicālis (“of or pertaining to Sunday, dominical”), from Latin dominicus (“of or belonging to a lord or master; (Ecclesiastical Latin) God’s, the Lord’s”) (compare diēs Dominicus (“the day of the Lord, Sunday”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). Dominicus is derived from dominus (“lord, master”) (used in Latin versions of the Bible to translate titles of the God of the Hebrew Tanakh and Greek New Testament; probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to arrange, put together; to build (up)”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). 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 large size, or in red. Cognates * French dominical

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dəˈmɪnək(ə)l/
  • British English: /dəˈmɪnɪk(ə)l/

Usage

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Phrases

dominical day dominical letter dominical year

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Questions

How do you pronounce dominical?
The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈmɪnək(ə)l/.
What does dominical mean?
Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord.
Where does dominical come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce dominical

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