Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gradual
Gradual
gradual
adj. & n. --adj. 1 taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees. 2 not rapid or steep or abrupt. --n. Eccl. 1 a response sung or recited between the Epistle and Gospel in the Mass. 2 a book of music for the sung Mass service. Derivatives gradually adv. gradualness n. Etymology: med.L gradualis, -ale f. L gradus step, the noun referring to the altar-steps on which the response is sung
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I. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ~e, from Latin gradus step; from its being sung on the steps of the altar Date: 15th century a book containing the choral parts of the Mass, a pair of verses (as from the Psalms) proper after the Epistle in the Mass, II. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin ~is, from Latin gradus Date: 1658 proceeding by steps or degrees, moving, changing, or developing by fine or often imperceptible degrees, ~ly adverb ~ness noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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