dominical
do·min·i·cal/dəˈmɪnək(ə)l/adjective, noun
dominical is spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-C-A-L: 9 letters and 4 syllables (do·min·i·cal). It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dominical means “Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dominical?
| Letters | 9: D-O-M-I-N-I-C-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: do·min·i·cal |
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dominical?
Dominical appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dominical?
- UK /dəˈmɪnɪk(ə)l/
- UK /dəʊ-/
- US /dəˈmɪnək(ə)l/
Dominical has 4 syllables, split do·min·i·cal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dominical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dominical
- dominicals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dominical mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord.
- 2
archaicOf or pertaining to the Lord's Day, Sunday.
- 3
obsoleteOf printed text: in a large size.
- 4
obsoleteRed, ruddy.
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
UKA 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.
- 3
obsoleteThe Lord's Day; Sunday.
- 4
obsoleteEllipsis of dominical letter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dominical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to Sunday:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dominical come from?
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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).