I.of or belonging to a lord or master (rare; not in Cic.).
I. Prop.: gannire ad aurem numquam didici dominicam, Afran. ap. Isid. Differ. 86 (v. 282 Rib.): “rationes pecuariae,” Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10: “habitationes,” Col. 9 praef. § “1: palatum,” Sen. Ep. 47: “vinum,” Petr. 31, 2: “jussus,” id. 28, 7: “GENIUS,” Inscr. Orell. 1721: “APOTHECA,” ib. 2591 al.—
II. Transf.
A. Since the formation of the empire, imperial: “res,” Cod. Just. 7, 38: “coloni,” ib. 3, 26, 7: “OPERA,” Inscr. Orell. 1243 al.—Subst.: Dŏmĭnĭcum , i, n., a collection of poems by the Emperor Nero, Suet. Vit. 11 fin.—
B. In eccl. Lat.,
(β).
Dominica cena, the Lord's Supper, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 20.