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luines above-mentioned, there is also a third made by order of thesame king; and which differs from the others in form more thanmatter. There is also a fourth called dmnesday, which is kept inthe exxhequer; which, though a very large volume, is only anabridgement of the others. In the remembrancer’s office in theexchequer is kept a fifth book, likewise called domcsday, which isthe s,.me with the fourth book already mentioned.

DOMESTIC, in antiquity, was a particular officer in the courtof Constantinople . According to some this officer was one en-trusted to manage affairs of importance: others say thu Greekdomestic! were the same with the Roman comites; and that theybegan tirst to be used when count became a dignity: domesticstherefore were such as served the prince in the administration ofaffairs, as well those of the family as the atfairs of justice and thechurch.

DOMESTIC HAPPINESS, the pleasures enjoyed in one’sfamily, in distinction from those found in the hustle of publiclife,, or delusively sought in the haunts of dissipation. SeePleasure.

DOMFRONT, a town of France, in the department of Orne ,35 miles N. \V. of Alencon. Lon. 0. 43. W. Lat. 4?. 38.N.

DO MI EYING, in astrology, the dividing or distributing of theheavens into 12 houses, to erect a theme, by means of six greatcircles, called circles of position. Regiomontanus makes thecircles of position pass through the intersections of the meridianand the horizon : others make them pass through the poles of thezodiac.

DOMINANT, among musicians, is used either as an adjectiveor substantive.

1. Dominant. The dominant or sensible chord is that which ispractised upon the dominant of the tone, and which introducesa perfect cadence. Every perfect major chord becomes a dom-inant chord, as soon as the seventh minor is added to it.

2. Dominant, of the three notes essential to the tone, is thatwhich is a fifth from the tonic. The tonic and the dominant fixthe tone; in it they are each of them the fundamental sound of aparticular chord; whereas the mediant, which constitutes theinode, has no chord peculiar to itself, and only makes a part of thechord of the tonic.

A Dominant, in that species of church music which is calledplain chant, is that note which is most frequently repeated orbeaten, in whatever degree it may be from the tonic. In thisspecies of music there are dominants and tonics, but no mediant.

DOMINGO, St, or HISPANIOLA , an island in the Atlantic 1Ocean. See Hispaniola .

Domingo, St. the capital of the above island. Lon. 70.10. \V. Lat. 18°. 19' 30'. N.

DOMINIC, De Guzman, the founder of the Dominicanorder. See Dominicans.

DOMINICA , the last of the leeward or Caribbce islands,taking them from NAV. to S.E. so named by Christopher Colum-bus , from his having discovered it on Sunday, 3rd. November1493. It is situated about half-way betwixt Guadaloupe on the N.\V. and Martinico on the S. E. 15 leagues from each, between 15°20' and 15° 44' 30" lat. N. and between 6l° 17' and 01° 30' Ion. W.It is about 29 miles long; and nearly 16 broad.

Dominica, a town in the island of Cuba , 45 miles ”\V. ofII avannah.

Dominica , orllEF.VAROA, the largest of the Marquesas islands,extending E. and W. 18 miles. Lon. 139. 13. \V. Lat. 9.44. N.

DOMINICAL LETTER, in chronology, is that letter of thealphabet which points out in the calendar the Sundays throughoutthe year, thence also called Sunday-letter. See Chronology.The’Dominxal Letter for any year may be found by the followingrule. Add together the year, its fourth part, and the figures whichremain from the fourth part after rejecting the units ami tens; alsoreject the units and tens of the given year and add one to the re-maining figures; subtract this from the foregoing sum, and dividethe remainder by seven, and subtract what remains from seven, andthe last remainder is the index of the letter required. N. B. Ifthe given year exactly divides by 4, it is leap-year; and the Do-minical Letter for January and February will be the one w hich im-mediately succeeds, in the order of the alphabet, that found bythe above rule. Thus to find the Dominical Letter for 1809.

1809

452

4

2265

19

7)2246

•- 7

320 6

1

Therefore the Dominical Letter was A.

Example 2. To find the Dominical Letter for the ensuing yearof Christ 18 H.

1S11 The year of Christ.

452 Its fourth part, omitting fractions.

4 The remaining figure of 452, after omitting the unitsand tens.

£767 Sum of the three numbers. '

19 The number of centuries in the given year-}- 1

7 )224S Difference of the two preceding quantities.

321 Quotient of 2267 — 19 after its division- by 7, and 1over, which taken from 7, according to the rule, leaves 6, theindex of the Dominical Letter; consequently F, the sixth letter inthe order of the alphabet, will be the Sunday-letter required.

Example 3. To find the Dominical Letters for the year of Christ2000, it being leap-vear.

20005t0 '

5

2505 ■

21

7)2484 (

- 7 '

354-6

1

Therefore BA will be the Dominical Letters; See the articleChronology in this work, pages 713, 781, and 732.

If the day of the month in any particular year on which anySunday falls be given, the Sunday-letter may be found thus:divide the number of days from the first of January to the givenSunday inclusive by seven, and the remainder subtracted from 7is the index of the letter: if nothing remains 7 is the index.

Example. The liberation ofSir Francis Birrdett from the Towerand of Gale Jones from Newgate took place on the prorogation ofthe late session of parliament, which was on Thursday, June 21, of-the present year; quaxethe Dominical Letter.

First, if the 21st of June, 1810, happened on a Thursday, thepreceding Sunday must have taken place on June 17. Therefore,according to the rule, 31, the number of days in January, + 28,ditto in February, +31, ditto in March, + 30, ditto in April, +-31, ditto in May,+ 17, the given Sunday in June, = 168. And168 divided by 7 = 24 and nothing over, consequently G isthe Sunday-letter for this year, for 7 — 0 = 7, the index of theletter.

DOMINICANS, an order of religious, so named from theirfounder Dominic De Guzman , who preached with great zealagainst the Albigenses in Languedoc , where he laid the firstfoundation of this order. It was approved of in 1215, by In-nocent III, and confirmed in 1216, by a bull of Honorius III ,under the title of St. Augustin ; to which Dominic added severalaustere precepts and observances, obliging the brethren to take avow of absolute poverty; to abandon entirely all their revenuesand possessions; and to take the title of Preaching Friers, becausethe public instruction was the main end of their institution.

DOMINION, in the civil law, the power to use or dispose ofthings as we please.

Dominion,