GREGORIAN MODE

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Meaning:

Any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode

Synonyms:

church mode; ecclesiastical mode; Gregorian mode; medieval mode

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Gregorian mode" is a kind of...):

mode; musical mode (any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave)

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