domical

[ doh-mi-kuhl, dom-i- ]

/ ˈdoʊ mɪ kəl, ˈdɒm ɪ- /

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adjective

domelike.

having a dome.

Also dom·ic [doh-mik, dom-ik] /ˈdoʊ mɪk, ˈdɒm ɪk/ .

Origin of domical

First recorded in 1840–50; dome + -ical

OTHER WORDS FROM domical

dom·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby domical

domestic system, domestic violence, domestique, dome top, Domett, domical, domical vault, domicile, domiciliar, domiciliary, domiciliary care

Example sentences from the Web for domical

In a "domical chamber," situated along the course of one of these burrows, Dr. Anderson found no less than 68 bulbs stored up.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
It is decorated with many niches and figures, and a fine cresting round the domical top.
The Shores of the Adriatic|F. Hamilton Jackson
In some bas-reliefs, buildings with roofs of a domical shape are represented.
Architecture|Thomas Roger Smith
The top is not, as we might have looked for, domical; it imitates the forms of a wooden roof.
Studies of Travel: Italy|Edward A. Freeman

All the vaults are domical, and those of the nave spring from corbels carved in the style of Venetian fifteenth-century work.
The Shores of the Adriatic|F. Hamilton Jackson