dominical day
1Dominical letter — Dominical letters are letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G assigned to days in a cycle of seven with the letter A always set against 1 January as an aid for finding the day of the week of a given calendar date and in calculating Easter. A common year… …
2Dominical Letter — • A device adopted from the Romans by the old chronologers to aid them in finding the day of the week corresponding to any given date, and indirectly to facilitate the adjustment of the Proprium de Tempore to the Proprium Sanctorum when… …
3Dominical — Do*min ic*al, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord s day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See {Dame}.] 1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord s day, or Sunday. [1913… …
4Dominical altar — Dominical Do*min ic*al, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord s day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See {Dame}.] 1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord s day, or Sunday.… …
5Dominical letter — Dominical Do*min ic*al, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord s day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See {Dame}.] 1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord s day, or Sunday.… …
6Dominical — Do*min ic*al, n. The Lord s day or Sunday; also, the Lord s prayer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
7dominical — [dō min′i kəl, dəmin′i kəl] adj. [ME < ML(Ec) dominicalis, of the Lord (Jesus) < LL(Ec) Dominicus, of the Lord < L, belonging to a master < dominus, a master: see DOMINATE] 1. having to do with or originating with Jesus as the Lord 2 …
8Dominical Letter — Meaning Sunday Letter is one of the first seven letters of the alphabet used in the Calendar to mark the Sundays throughout the year. The first seven days of the year being marked by A. B. C. D. E. F. G., the following seven days are similarly …
9dominical — adj. 1 of the Lord s day, of Sunday. 2 of the Lord (Jesus Christ). Phrases and idioms: dominical letter the one of the seven letters A G indicating the dates of Sundays in a year. Etymology: F dominical or L dominicalis f. L dominicus f. dominus… …
10Day — For other uses, see Day (disambiguation). Water, Rabbit, and Deer: three of the 20 day symbols in the Aztec calendar, from the Aztec calendar stone. A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours …