GREGORIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gregorian mean? 

• GREGORIAN (adjective)
  The adjective GREGORIAN has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church

2. of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582

  Familiarity information: GREGORIAN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREGORIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Gregorian chant (a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I)

Gregory I ((Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604))

Derivation:

Gregory ((Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Gregorian calendar (the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752)

Gregory XIII (the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585))

Derivation:

Gregory (the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585))

 Context examples 

The sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(June, NCI Thesaurus)

The third month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(March, NCI Thesaurus)

The fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(May, NCI Thesaurus)

The tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(October, NCI Thesaurus)

The fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(April, NCI Thesaurus)

The seventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(July, NCI Thesaurus)

The first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(January, NCI Thesaurus)

The eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(August, NCI Thesaurus)

The eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(November, NCI Thesaurus)

The twelfth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

(December, NCI Thesaurus)