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Definition of Dominicus

1. Noun. First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians.

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Literary usage of Dominicus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"With these meditations, Dominicus Pike drove into the street of Parker's Falls, which, as everybody knows, is as thriving a village as three cotton ..."

2. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
""Well, then," rejoined Dominicus Pike, "let's have the latest news where you did come from. I'm not particular about Parker's Falls. Any place will answer. ..."

3. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Similar to P. d. dominicus, but the golden yellow spotting of upper parts much more conspicuous, especially in young, in which the cheat is strongly tinged ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1888)
"... the captain of the Channel fleet.' [Marshall's Royal Naval Biography, i. 243.] JKL Dominicus À ROSARIO. [See DALY, DANIEL or DOMINIC, 1595-1062. ..."

5. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"... ROMUALD; Dominicus LORICATUS; BRUNO AND GUIGO, CARTHUSIANS To contemplate goodness in God, and strain toward it in yearning love, is the method of the ..."

6. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"TOL, Dominicus VAN, born at Bode- graven between 1631 and 1642, died at Ley- den, buried Dec. 26, 1676. Dutch school ; genre painter, nephew and pupil of ..."

7. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"Since obtaining the above mentioned specimen Mr. DE Brown, of Seattle, Wash., told me of a specimen of C. d. dominicus that was taken near there several ..."

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