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- adjective Of or relating to a person named
Gregory , especially any of thepopes of that name. - adjective Of or pertaining to the
Gregorian calendar . - adjective Of or relating to James Gregory (mathematician), inventor of the Gregorian telescope.
- noun A member of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory
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Examples
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That song which they call the Gregorian Chant has many gross things in it; wherefore it is upon good cause rejected by our
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For the first round of hiring, it is enough to mention an interest in Gregorian chant.
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You should be be familiar with and experienced in Gregorian chant, its notation and repertoire, liturgical Latin, and you must be able to sight sing.
Solesmes This Summer 2009
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St. Francis de Sales Oratory and its Director for Sacred Music, Mr. Nick Botkins, are pleased to announce a nine-week course in Gregorian chant for beginners.
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Some places had full propers in Gregorian chant every week and others never heard a proper text sung.
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The Missal provides two antiphons for the entrance this week, the first of which is rendered authentically and most gloriously in the Gregorian from the Gregorian Missal, of which here is the opening.
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It's pretty clear nevertheless that included in Gregorian's liberal arts curriculum would be the study of literature, perhaps even as its centerpiece.
Literary Study 2009
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JHe left a vast epistolary, adamirable homilies, a celebrated commentary on the Book of Job and writings on the life of St. Benedict, in addition to numerous liturgical texts, famous for the reform of chanting which became known as Gregorian from his name.
Angelus: St. Gregory the Great a model for pastors and public adminstrators Argent 2006
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From this fact of St. Gregory, a trental of masses for a soul departed are usually called the Gregorian masses, on which see
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The name Gregorian chant points to Gregory the Great (590-604), to whom a pretty constant tradition ascribes a certain final arrangement of the Roman chant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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