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To: Verginius Rufus

Does Domingo mean this?

Sunday(noun)

the first day of the week, the day following Saturday, kept for rest and worship among Christians.


27 posted on 10/13/2014 8:21:24 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
Dominus is Latin for "lord." Sunday is the Lord's day, reflected in the Italian domenica for Sunday, the Spanish and Portuguese domingo and French dimanche. I assume St. Dominic's name is originally an adjectival form from Dominus.
28 posted on 10/13/2014 8:33:26 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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