Middle English Dictionary Entry
dominicāl adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dominicāl adj. & n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pertaining to or belonging to the Lord; -- in phase preiere ~, the Lord's Prayer, Pater Noster.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)122/10 : He Himself taught the a fourme of thy prayere .. callid the Prayere Dominicall.., and wolde that His devoute Pater Noster shulde be registird in the booke of the holy Euaungelys as a .. receyte for the remedy of seeke soules.
2.
(a) Pertaining to the Lord's day, of or for Sunday; ~ calendar, a liturgical calendar restricted to the Sundays of a given year; ~ letter, the letter designating the Sundays in a particular year [e.g., A, if the first Sunday falls on Jan. 1; G, if it falls on Jan. 7]; (b) as noun: ?a book containing the liturgy for Sundays.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1430) Calendar 1430 Pref.(Hrl 937)91 : Seche þen ȝour prime of þe ȝere þat ȝe be in jonyed to, þe domynycale letter of þe same ȝere.
- (1447) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1156 : The seconde folio..containes a Dominical Kalendar.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)9648 : Ne glouys on þe sunday..vsyn nold she..for þe reuerence of þe dominycal solemnyte.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)439/7 : Thei..come to Caleis and landid there..in Seint Georgis Day; and that was on the Sonday, and the domynycall lettur went by A.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.391 : Gregory..made mony noble werkes, as xlijti omelyes on the gospelles dominicalle.
b
- c1300 11 Pains(2) (LdMisc 108)36 : Þo dominical it tellez: Hit is þe meste pine of helle, Powel bereth witnesse.