Associations to the word «Gregorian»

GREGORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to a person named Gregory, especially any of the popes of that name.

GREGORIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Gregorian calendar.

GREGORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to James Gregory (mathematician), inventor of the Gregorian telescope.

GREGORIAN, noun. A member of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory

GREGORIAN, adjective. Alternative letter-case form of Gregorian

GREGORIAN CALENDAR, proper noun. The calendar currently used in the western world. It replaced the Julian calendar and was devised to halt the slow drift of the vernal equinox towards earlier in the year.

GREGORIAN CHANT, noun. (music) A style of unaccompanied monophonic singing in the Catholic Church.

GREGORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church.

GREGORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582.