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dominical letter

do·min·i·cal let·ter
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [duh-min-i-kuh l let-er]
    • /dəˈmɪn ɪ kəl ˈlɛt ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [duh-min-i-kuh l let-er]
    • /dəˈmɪn ɪ kəl ˈlɛt ər/

Definitions of dominical letter words

  • noun dominical letter any one of the letters from A to G used in church calendars to mark the Sundays throughout any particular year, serving primarily to aid in determining the date of Easter. 1
  • noun dominical letter any one of the letters A to G as used to denote Sundays in a given year in order to determine the church calendar 0
  • noun dominical letter any of the first seven letters in the alphabet as used in church calendars to indicate Sundays: the letters are assigned to the first seven days of January, and the letter falling to Sunday is the arbitrary symbol for Sunday the rest of the year 0
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Origin of dominical letter

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80

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Parts of speech for Dominical letter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Dominical letter

dominical letter popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

dominical letter usage trend in Literature

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