dominical letter


noun

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.

Origin of dominical letter

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby dominical letter

British Dictionary definitions for dominical letter

dominical letter

noun

Christianity any one of the letters A to G as used to denote Sundays in a given year in order to determine the church calendar