‖ gradaleObs.—1 [med.L. gradālen., neut. of late L. gradālisadj., f.grad-us step.] = gradual n. a1746Lewis in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 168 A Gradale or Grail, so called from the Gradales contained in it..The Gradales, or what is gradually sung after the Epistle.