单词 | dominical |
例句 | The captains remained unshakable in their orthodoxy on the pious observance of the dominical rest. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z The letter that represents Sunday is called the dominical or Sunday letter. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Even benefit societies were feared and forbidden by the Roman autocrats, and the “dominical suppers” of the Christians were not likely to be spared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Still, as we all go to the barber's once a week, on Sunday morning, it has hitherto been regarded as part of our dominical duties. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z It was ten o'clock, but still dark; not a sound disturbed dominical peace, except the rain dripping from the trees, falling finally like the strokes of time. A Bed of Roses These refer to the four dominical days, which he has given incorrectly. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. It is also evident that every additional day causes the dominical letter to go back one place. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z His father shrank perceptibly from a dominical pre-vision so foreign to his nature, and Guy changed the conversation by pointing out features in the landscape. Plashers Mead A Novel The letter which coincides with the first Sunday within this period is called the dominical letter, and it serves for the following year. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 Here we have not only the four dominical days and the four colors, but also the four ages, four elements, and four seasons, all bearing some relation in this system to the four cardinal points. Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 3-66 In order to make use of the solar cycle in finding the dominical letter, it is necessary to know that the first year of the Christian era began with Saturday. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" This period is called the dominical or solar cycle, and restores the first day of the year to the same day of the week. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Annals, 49 uses the dominical letter, 49 mentions the lunar cycle, 49 quotes historical writers, 49 his home, 48.Tighearnmas, An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 It is a state of harmony, without tension and without disturbance, the dominical state of the soul, perhaps the state which awaits it beyond the grave. Amiel's Journal Shultz-Sellack,34 in his article heretofore quoted, arranges the colors in connection with the dominical days in the Maya system as follows: Kan — South — Yellow. Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 3-66 For this purpose divide the date by 28, and the letter opposite the remainder, in the first column of figures, is the dominical letter of the year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" At the end of the cycle the dominical letters return again in the same order, on the same days of the month. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z But for all Cromwell's nose wears the dominical letter, compared to Manchester he is but like the vigils to an holy-day. Character Writings of the 17th Century It is true: Craft and Cunning do so domineer; yet, rather C and D are dominical letters, that is, crafty duncery. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The house itself had produced a contingent; and several of the new tenants contributed, by their presence, to change the aspect of the dominical meetings. The Lesser Bourgeoisie Solar Cycle.—In the Julian calendar the dominical letters are readily found by means of a short cycle, in which they recut in the same order without interruption. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" In answer to the question, “Why two dominical letters for leap-year?” we reply, because of the additional or intercalary day after the 28th of February. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Thus, if the year 1 of the era be taken from 3, we would have 3 - 1 = 2; therefore, B being the second letter, is dominical letter for the year 1. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Had G, the seventh letter been dominical letter for the year preceding the era, then these remainders would be taken from 7; and 7 would be used until change of style in 1582. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Now every day suppressed removes the dominical letter forward one place; so counting from C to C again is seven, D is eight, E is nine, and F is ten. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z In this manner it is easy to find the dominical letter belonging to each of the twenty-eight years of the cycle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It has already been shown that every additional day causes the dominical letter to go back one place. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Read from this to the letter which begins the given month, always reading from A toward G, calling the dominical letter Sunday, the next Monday, etc. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 10 - 3 = 7; therefore, G being the seventh letter is dominical letter for 1453. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 10 - 3 = 7; therefore, G being the seventh letter, is dominical letter for 1582. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Hence the following table of dominical letters for four hundred years will serve to show the dominical letter of any year in the Gregorian calendar for ever. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Whenever the intercalation is made there must necessarily be a change in the dominical letter. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 6 - 3 = 3; therefore, C being the third letter, is the dominical letter for 1582. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Hence we have then for the year 1, 3 - 1 = 2; therefore, B being the second letter, is the dominical letter for the year 1. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then we have for the year 2, 3 - 2 = 1; therefore A being the first letter, is dominical letter for the year 2; hence it is evident that January commenced on Sunday. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z But every fourth year is a leap year, and the effect of the intercalation is to throw the dominical letter one place farther back. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The dominical letter probably was not known until the Council of Nice, in the year of our Lord 325, where, in all probability, it had its origin. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Again we have for the year 3, 10 - 3 = 7; therefore, G being the seventh letter, is dominical letter for the year 3. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Now what is true concerning the first four years of the era, is true concerning all the future years, and the reason for the divisions, additions and subtractions in finding the dominical letter is evident. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 7 - 1 = 6, therefore F and G are the dominical letters for 1776, G for January and February, and F for the rest of the year. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z This equation gives the dominical letter of any year from the commencement of the era to the Reformation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" By this rule the dominical letter is found from the commencement of the era to October 5th, 1582. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 1 - 0 = 1; therefore, A being the first letter, is dominical letter for 1865. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 2 - 1 = 1; therefore, A being the first letter, is dominical letter for 1989. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 8 - 6 = 2; therefore, B and C are dominical letters for 1892, C for January and February, and B for the rest of the year. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z It will be remembered that in a leap year there are always two dominical letters, one of which is employed till the 29th of February, and the other till the end of the year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Then 10 - 5 = 5; therefore E being the fifth letter is the dominical letter for 1365. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 3 - 2 = 1; therefore, A being the first letter, is dominical letter for 450, Old Style, and January commenced on Sunday. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z For New Style we have 4 - 2 = 2; therefore, B being the second letter, is dominical letter for the year 450. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Then 3 - 1 = 2; therefore, B being the second letter, is dominical letter for the year 1250, Old Style. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Before the intercalation the dominical letter had retrograded one place less. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Then 6 - 2 = 4; therefore, D and E are the dominical letters for 1620; E for January and February, and D for the rest of the year. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z B is also dominical letter, New Style; for we take the remainder after dividing by 7, from the same number. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z This, as has already been explained, is the dominical or solar cycle. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Also the dominical letters occur in the natural order of the letters in reckoning backward, but exactly the reverse in reckoning forward. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z The value of L is always given by the formula for the dominical letter, and P and l are easily deduced from the epact, as will appear from the following considerations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The process of finding the dominical letter is very simple and easily understood, if we observe the following order: 1st. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z This rule gives the dominical letter for January and February only, in leap-year, while the letter that precedes it, is the letter for the rest of the year. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z On dividing by 28, the remainder is 0, or 28; and opposite 28, in the first column of letters, we find D, C, the dominical letters of the year 1148. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Let L denote the number of the dominical letter of any given year of the era. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" |
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