dominical UK /dəˈmɪnɪk(ə)l/US /dəˈmɪnək(ə)l/adjective 5noun 4forms 1 adjective5 •Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord. •(historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient system of dominical letters, used for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year. •(no longer used) Of or pertaining to the Lord's Day, Sunday. •(figurative, no longer used) Of printed text: in a large size. •(figurative, no longer used) Red, ruddy. noun4 •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. •(UK, historical) 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. •(no longer used) The Lord's Day; Sunday.The Gospels appointed by the Church for the three other Dominicals, or Lords Days in Advent, refer to the first manner of his [Jesus's] coming, to vvit, in humility to visit and redeem his people. — 1630 •(no longer used) Ellipsis of dominical letter.Let me not die your debtor, / My red Dominicall, my golden letter, / O that your face vvere not so full of Oes. — 1595 formsdominicals
