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Added 10 October 2026

dominical

/dəˈmɪnɪk(ə)l/ adjective

Latin root: dominicālis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dominical at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ.
Of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day.

Origin

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).

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