Found 2 hits - Term: sunday letter, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sunday \sun"day\, a.
belonging to the christian sabbath.
1913 webster
sunday letter. see dominical letter, under dominical.
sunday school. see under school.
1913 webster
see also:
sunday letter dominical letter dominical sunday school school
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dominical \domin"ical\, 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 webster
2. relating to, or given by, our lord; as, the dominical or
lord's prayer. --howell.
1913 webster
some words altered in the dominical gospels.
--fuller.
1913 webster
dominical altar eccl., the high altar.
dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes
sunday, or the lord's day dies domini. the first seven
letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the
same letter standing for sunday during a whole year
except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the
end of february. after twenty-eight years the same
letters return in the same order. the dominical letters go
backwards one day every common year, and two every leap
year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be
g, f will be the dominical letter for the next year.
called also sunday letter. cf. solar cycle, under
cycle, n.
1913 webster
see also:
dame dominical altar dominical letter sunday letter solar cycle cycle
Results 1 - 10 of 16 found about sunday letter: Letter
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Letter, definition of term: Letter
letter_pag1.html Letter Opener
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Letter Opener, definition of term: Letter Opener
letter+opener_pag1.html Letter Box
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Letter Box, definition of term: Letter Box
letter+box_pag1.html Chain Letter
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Chain Letter, definition of term: Chain Letter
chain+letter_pag1.html Passion Sunday
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Passion Sunday, definition of term: Passion Sunday
passion+sunday_pag1.html Business Letter
>> B Words
Business Letter, definition of term: Business Letter
business+letter_pag1.html Low Sunday
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Low Sunday, definition of term: Low Sunday
low+sunday_pag1.html Scarlet Letter
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Scarlet Letter, definition of term: Scarlet Letter
scarlet+letter_pag1.html Block Letter
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Block Letter, definition of term: Block Letter
block+letter_pag1.html Dead Letter
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Dead Letter, definition of term: Dead Letter
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