Definition of Domical

1. a. Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.

Definition of Domical

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, resembling or having a dome ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Domical

1. shaped like a dome [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Domical

domestications
domesticator
domesticators
domesticise
domesticities
domesticity
domesticize
domestick
domestics
domestique
domett
dometts
domeykite
domeykites
domic
domical (current term)
domically
domicil
domicile
domiciled
domiciles
domiciliar
domiciliaries
domiciliars
domiciliary
domiciliate
domiciliated
domiciliates
domiciliating
domiciliation

Literary usage of Domical

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

1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"If we do this, then the monuments that count fall into place under three great heads; domical churches, tunnel vaulted churches, groin or ribbed vault ..."

2. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"If we do this, then the monuments that count fall into place under three great heads; domical churches, tunnel vaulted churches, groin or ribbed vault ..."

3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"... had reared those tombs or treasuries which show such a wonderful striving after the domical form while the domical construction was not yet understood. ..."

4. A History of Architecture in All Countries, from the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1893)
"Oratories—Round Towers—domical Dwellings—Domestic Architecture— Runic Cross Decoration. THE history of architecture in Ireland forms as distinct a contrast ..."

5. A history of architecture in all countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1867)
"CIRCULAR OR domical BUILDINGS. CONTENTS. Circular Churches with wooden roofs ... At the time of their erection, however, a circular-domical style was being ..."

6. History of Indian and Eastern Architecture by James Fergusson (1891)
"Diagram illustrative of domical Construction. Now it is evident that the first portion, AB, being the most perpendicular, is the one least liable to ..."

7. Development of Christian Architecture in Italy by William Sebastian Okely (1860)
"CHAPTER H. VAULTING BY domical SURFACES. SECTION I. Generation of Surfaces. ... The directrices also of the domical surfaces are constructed similarly to ..."

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