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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gradual \Grad"u*al\, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr L. gradus step: cf F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf {Grail} a gradual.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) a An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. b A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. 2. A series of steps. [Obs.] --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gradual \Grad"u*al"\; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf {Gradual}, n.] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense reason, all summed up in man. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gradual adj 1: proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices" [ant: {sudden}] 2: of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope" [ant: {steep}] n : (Roman Catholic) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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