ECCLESIASTICAL MODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ecclesiastical mode mean? 

• ECCLESIASTICAL MODE (noun)
  The noun ECCLESIASTICAL MODE has 1 sense:

1. any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode

  Familiarity information: ECCLESIASTICAL MODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECCLESIASTICAL MODE (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

church mode; ecclesiastical mode; Gregorian mode; medieval mode

Hypernyms ("ecclesiastical mode" is a kind of...):

mode; musical mode (any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave)