GREGORY

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• GREGORY (noun)
  The noun GREGORY has 6 senses:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)

2. Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)

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

4. the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)

5. the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)

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

  Familiarity information: GREGORY used as a noun is common.

• GREGORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gregory; Gregory Nazianzen; Gregory of Nazianzen; St. Gregory of Nazianzen

Instance hypernyms:

Church Father; Father; Father of the Church ((Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom)

Doctor; Doctor of the Church ((Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari; Gregory; Gregory XVI

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gregory; Gregory XIII; Ugo Buoncompagni

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Derivation:

Gregorian (of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Angelo Correr; Gregory; Gregory XII

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gregory; Gregory VII; Hildebrand

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gregory; Gregory I; Gregory the Great; Saint Gregory I; St. Gregory I

Instance hypernyms:

Doctor; Doctor of the Church ((Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching)

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Derivation:

Gregorian (of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church)

 Context examples 

“Perhaps you would prefer at once to go on to the scene of the crime, Mr. Holmes?” said Gregory.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You remember the Gregorys; they are grown up amazing fine girls, but they will hardly speak to me, because Lucy is courted by a lieutenant.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"They're kind of like tree rings, but they're put down daily," said Florida State University co-author Gregory Erickson.

(Slow-cooking dinosaur eggs may have contributed to extinction, Wikinews)

A certain man named Gregory, who was foreman of the packers, and another named Tipp, who was the carman, and wore a red jacket, used to address me sometimes as David: but I think it was mostly when we were very confidential, and when I had made some efforts to entertain them, over our work, with some results of the old readings; which were fast perishing out of my remembrance.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“It is the one quality which Gregory lacks. We imagined what might have happened, acted upon the supposition, and find ourselves justified. Let us proceed.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My dear Gregory, you anticipate all my wants.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Inspector Gregory was full of his case, and poured out a stream of remarks, while Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On Tuesday evening I received telegrams from both Colonel Ross, the owner of the horse, and from Inspector Gregory, who is looking after the case, inviting my co-operation.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Gregory, let me recommend to your attention this singular epidemic among the sheep. Drive on, coachman!”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The latter was Colonel Ross, the well-known sportsman; the other, Inspector Gregory, a man who was rapidly making his name in the English detective service.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)