单词 | gregorian |
释义 | Gregorianadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to Pope Gregory I (who reigned 590–600); chiefly applied to the ancient system of ritual music, otherwise known as plainchant n. or plainsong n. (characterized by free rhythm, a limited scale, etc.), which is founded on the Antiphonarium of which Gregory is presumed to have been the compiler. So Gregorian chant, Gregorian music, Gregorian tones, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > plainchant > [noun] Ambrosiana1225 plainsong1445 plain singing1537 Gregorian chant1653 plainchant1740 Gregoriana1873 vesper music1888 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > chanted > plainchant plainsong1445 plain singing1537 Gregorian chant1653 plainchant1740 canto fermo1789 Gregoriana1873 vesper music1888 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [adjective] > plainchant Gregorian1728 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xliii. 191 Throughly besprinkled with holy water..that by the vertue, as well of that Gregorian water, as of the starres..they might make them disappear. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Chant The Plain, or Gregorian Chant, is where the Choir and the People sing in Unison, or all together in the same manner. 1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. 346 He [Gregory] formed that ecclesiastical music so grave and edifying, which at present is called the Gregorian music. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 12 The ancient Gregorian chants that are come down to us. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 14 I shall..give a short example of each mode in Gregorian notes. 1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) i. 10 Every one who has ever heard of Gregory, has heard of his Gregorian chants. 1867 G. A. Macfarren Six Lect. Harmony i, 18 The so-called Gregorian scales. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms Gregorian Tones, a collection of chants compiled by S. Gregory the Great, consisting of eight tones, four of which, called authentic, he is said to have found, to which he added another four, plagal. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 362/2 The usual notes of the Gregorian Plain Song. 2. Of, pertaining to, or established by Pope Gregory XIII. Gregorian calendar: see calendar n. 1; so Gregorian style = ‘new style’. Gregorian epoch, the time from which the Gregorian calendar dates (1582). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [adjective] > of particular calendars Gregorian1642 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xix. 336 The Gregorian account goes ten dayes before the computation of the English calendar. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. B3v I shall suspect their Calendar more then the Gregorian. 1700 Moxon's Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 66 Gregorian Year, the New Account, or New Style, instituted upon the Reformation of the Calendar, by Pope Gregory the 13th..Anno Domini, 1582. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 39. ⁋2 The Gregorian Computation was the most regular. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The present Year 1726, is the 144th Year of the Gregorian Epocha. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Distinction of Old or Julian, and New or Gregorian Style. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms Gregorian Style, the new style invented by Gregory XIII. to correct the Julian. 3. The distinctive epithet of the kind of reflecting telescope invented by J. Gregory (died 1675). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [adjective] > telescope > reflecting telescope specular1651 Newtonian1737 Gregorian1762 Herschelian1792 Cassegrainian1813 1762 S. Dunn in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 191 My Newtonian reflector shewed objects clearer than the generality of Gregorian reflectors. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xlii. 350 The Gregorian telescope is shown in fig. 167. 1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. ii. i. 124 This form has an advantage over the Gregorian in that the telescope may be made shorter. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows gallowsOE gallows-treea1000 warytre?a1200 gibbet?c1225 gallow-forka1250 forkc1275 juisec1320 forchesc1380 crossa1382 treec1425 patible1428 justice1484 potencec1500 haltera1533 turning-tree1548 potentc1550 three treesa1566 chates1567 mare1568 furel1587 bough1590 gibe1590 derrickc1600 hangrella1605 cross-tree1638 Gregorian tree1641 wooden horse1642 timber-marec1650 triple tree1651 furca1653 nubbing1673 a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678 nub1699 Tyburn tree1728 raven-stone1738 picture frame1785 crap1789 lamp-iron1790 Moll Blood1818 stifler1818 scragging-post1819 government signposta1828 leafless tree1830 shuggie-shue1836 doom-tree1837 stob1860–62 1641 Mercur. Pragmat. (Farmer) He Doth fear his fate from the Gregorian tree. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gregorian tree, so named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finisher of the law. B. n. 1. A variety of wig worn in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, said by Blount 1670 to be named after the inventor, Gregory, a Strand barber. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other Rogerian1597 Gregorian1598 Chedreux1678 vallancy1684 spencer17.. nightcap wig1709 Adonis1734 pigeon wing1753 grizzle1755 tête1756 bag-wig1760 negligent1762 jasey1789 bushel-wig1794 Brutus1798 scalp1802 Brown Georgea1845 sheitel1890 fright wig1904 katsura1908 neck-roll1920 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Perucca, a periwig or gregorian of counter~fait haire. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) iii. 32 A quaint Gregorian to thy head to binde. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 186 That no Man wear a Gregorian or Periwig, unless he have a Testimonial from a Town-Clerk, that he is either bald, sickly, or asham'd of white Hairs. 1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 46 Pulling a little downe his gregorian, which was displac't a little by hastie taking off his Bever. 2. A member of a society (often classed with the Freemasons), which existed in England in the eighteenth century. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > organizations similar to masons > members of organizations similar to masons Gormogon1725 Gregorian1742 Odd Fellow1789 buffaloa1849 Good Templar1853 Rebekah1854 Inner and Outer Guardian1879 primo1879 Shriner1886 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 568 One Rose a Gregorian, one a Gormogon. c1742 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. II. 525 All other institutions, whether..Gregorians..or Free-Masons. 1765 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) II. xxvii. 54 These associations..may be compared to the Free Masons, Gregoreans, and Antigallicans of England. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough x. 145 Griggs and Gregorians here their Meetings hold. 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > plainchant > [noun] > person versed in Gregorian1609 society > leisure > the arts > music > study or science of music > music scholar > [noun] > specific type of music Gregorian1609 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 9 The Gregorians (whom the Church of Rome doth imitate) marking all the lines with one colour. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 27 The authorities of the Gregorians admit no such Song. b. A Gregorian chant. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > plainchant > [noun] Ambrosiana1225 plainsong1445 plain singing1537 Gregorian chant1653 plainchant1740 Gregoriana1873 vesper music1888 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > chanted > plainchant plainsong1445 plain singing1537 Gregorian chant1653 plainchant1740 canto fermo1789 Gregoriana1873 vesper music1888 a1873 S. Wilberforce in J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men (1888) II. 59 I assure you I never hear a Gregorian without feeling a wish to lie down on my stomach and howl. Derivatives Greˈgorianist n. one who advocates the use of Gregorian chants. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > plainchant > [noun] > person advocating Gregorianist1884 Gregorianizer1884 plain-chantist1887 society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of plain-song Gregorianist1884 Gregorianizer1884 plain-chantist1887 1884 Church Times 28 Nov. 906/4 Our rough and ready Gregorianists. Greˈgorianize v. (transitive) to render Gregorian in style; intransitive to use or advocate the use of Gregorian music. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > compose [verb (transitive)] > adapt to specific style operatize1785 Gregorianize1846 canon1894 1846 Christian Remembrancer 12 166 Mr. Edward Taylor..deprecates ‘any attempt to Gregorianize our Protestant Chant’. Greˈgorianizer n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > plainchant > [noun] > person advocating Gregorianist1884 Gregorianizer1884 plain-chantist1887 society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of plain-song Gregorianist1884 Gregorianizer1884 plain-chantist1887 1884 Church Times 28 Nov. 905/4 Very largely the fault of the Gregorianizers. Greˈgorianizing n. ΚΠ 1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Apr. 9/1 Imagine the Gregorianizing of the musical taste of a generation which [etc.]. 1884 Church Times 28 Nov. 906/1 A reductio ad absurdum of extreme Gregorianizing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1598 |
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