plagal
adjective
pla·gal ˈplā-gəl 
1
of a church mode : having the keynote on the fourth scale step compare authentic sense 4a
2
of a cadence : progressing from the subdominant chord to the tonic compare authentic sense 4b
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin plagalis, ultimately from Greek plagios oblique, sideways, from plagos side; akin to Latin plaga net, region, Greek pelagos sea
First Known Use
1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- rock along
- rock and roll
- rock and roller
- rock and rolls
- rock and rye
- rock arm
- rock asphalt
- rock badger
- rock barnacle
- rock basin
- rock bass
- rock beauty
- rock bit
- rock borer
- rock bottoms
- rock brake
- rock breaker
- rock burst
- rock cake
- rock candy
- rock catchfly
- rock cavy
- rock cedar
- rock chestnut oak
- rock chute