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/ˈɡreɪdɪn/, /ɡrəˈdiːn/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪdn/ 1.
a. One of a series of low steps or seats raised one above the other.
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1783 W. Beckford Dreams ix. 116 A semicircular nich, with seats like the gradines of a diminutive amphitheatre.
1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 709 The Pontiff Formosus received him on the gradins of St. Peter's Basilica.
1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. v. 334 This monument..tapering gently towards the summit, which is crowned with three low steps, or gradines.
b. Mining. (See quot. 1839.)
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 839 The working is disposed in the form of steps (gradins), placed like those of a stair.
2. A shelf or ledge at the back of an altar.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > parts of altar > [noun] > gradine
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > parts of altar > [noun] > back
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1877 F. G. Lee Gloss. Liturg. & Eccl. Terms Gradin 1. A French term for a step behind and above the level of the altar-slab for placing the cross and candlesticks upon..2. The term ‘gradine’ has been recently introduced into the Church of England. It corresponds with that already defined.
1887 Church Times 23 Sept. 746/3 The altar is well raised, and a gradine above it bears the legal ornaments.
1890 F. A. Gasquet & E. Bishop Edward VI & Bk. Common Prayer 59 (note) The modern introduction of gradins is a witness to the scruple felt at placing anything on the altar beyond what was necessary for the sacrifice.
1891 Church Times 4 Dec. 1180/4 Flowers may stand on the gradines on every Sunday in the year.
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