About The Word Gradual
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Gradual
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What's The Definition Of Gradual?
[n] (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
[adj] proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices" [adj] of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gradual: bit-by-bit | easy | gentle | gradational | gradatory | graduated | in small stages | piecemeal | sloping | step-by-step | stepwise Related Terms | Find terms related to Gradual: ambling | cautious | circumspect | claudicant | crawling | creeping | creeping like snail | deliberate | dilatory | easy | even | faltering | flagging | foot-dragging | gentle | halting | hobbled | hobbling | idle | inchmeal | indolent | lagging | languid | languorous | lazy | leisurely | limping | lumbering | moderate | piecemeal | poking | poky | regular | relaxed | reluctant | sauntering | shuffling | slack | slothful | slow | slow as death | slow as molasses | slow as slow | slow-crawling | slow-foot | slow-going | slow-legged | slow-moving | slow-paced | slow-poky | slow-running | slow-sailing | slow-stepped | sluggish | snaillike | snail-paced | staggering | steady | step-by-step | strolling | tentative | toddling | tortoiselike | tottering | trudging | turtlelike | unhurried | waddling See Also | antiphon | antiphony | inclined | slow Gradual In Webster's Dictionary \Grad"u*al"\; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf.
{Gradual}, n.]
Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as
in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly
progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a
gradual decline.
Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense,
reason, all summed up in man. --Milton.
\Grad"u*al\, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf. {Grail} a gradual.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. 2. A series of steps. [Obs.] --Dryden. |
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