Part 3391

<h1>Domineer</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Dom`i*neer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Domineered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Domineering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>dominer</ets>, L. <ets>dominari</ets>: cf. OD. <ets>domineren</ets> to feast luxuriously. See <er>Dominate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with <i>over</i>; <as>as, to <ex>domineer</ex> over dependents</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Go to the feast, revel and <b>domineer</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to <b>domineer</b> at home. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Domineering</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Dom`i*neer"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.</def>

<blockquote>A violent, brutal, <b>domineering</b> old reprobate. <i>Blackw. Mag.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See <er>Imperious</er>.</syn> -- <wordforms><wf>Dom`i*neer"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dominical</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*min"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dominicalis</ets>, for L. <ets>dominicus</ets> belonging to a master or lord (<ets>dominica dies</ets> the Lord's day), fr. <ets>dominus</ets> master or lord: cf. F. <ets>dominical</ets>. See <er>Dame</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Relating to, or given by, our Lord; <as>as, the <ex>dominical</ex> (or Lord's) prayer</as>.</def>

<i>Howell.</i>

<blockquote>Some words altered in the <b>dominical</b> Gospels. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Dominical altar</col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>the high altar.</cd> -- <col>Dominical letter</col>, <cd>the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (<i>dies Domini<i>). 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; <it>e. g.</it>, if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also <altname>Sunday letter</altname>. Cf. <cref>Solar cycle</cref>, under <er>Cycle</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Dominical</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*min"ic*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dominican</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*min"i*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Dominicanus</ets>, fr. <ets>Dominicus</ets>, <ets>Dominic</ets>, the founder: cf. F. <ets>Dominicain</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.</def>

<cs><col>Dominican nuns</col>, <cd>an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching.</cd> -- <col>Dominican tertiaries</col> (the third order of St. Dominic). <cd>See <er>Tertiary</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dominican</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*min"i*can</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also <altname>preaching friars</altname>, <altname>friars preachers</altname>, <altname>black friars</altname> (from their black cloak), <altname>brothers of St. Mary</altname>, and in France, <altname>Jacobins</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dominicide</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*min"i*cide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dominus</ets> master + <ets>caedere</ets> to cut down, kill.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of killing a master.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who kills his master.</def>

<h1>Dominie</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Dom"i*nie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dominus</ets> master. See <er>Don</er>, <er>Dame</er>.]</ety>