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ECCLESIASTICAL MODE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ecclesiastical 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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