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Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.

f or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid. The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.

In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.

Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.

State of being dropsical.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids. Druidical circles. See under Circle.

Of or pertaining to a duke. His ducal cap was to be exchanged for a kingly crown. Motley.

In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke.

Like a dunce; duncish. The most dull and duncical commissioner. Fuller.

Pertaining to a dynameter.

Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology. As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd. Dynamical electricity. See under Electricity.

In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces. J. Peile.

Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.

Dynastic.

Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient. "Dysenteric symptoms." Copland.

Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom.

A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

See Eccentric.

In an eccentric manner. Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace.

ch; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts. Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. Cowper. Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent commission established by Parliament in 183…