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gregorian mode
  • n  any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
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gregorian telescope
  • n  a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
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gregory
  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
  • n  Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)
  • n  the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)
  • n  the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)
  • n  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)
  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
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gregory goodwin pincus
  • n  United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
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gregory i
  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
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griot
  • n  a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
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gregory nazianzen
  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
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gregory of nazianzen
  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
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gregory pincus
  • n  United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
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gregory the great
  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
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gregory vii
  • n  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)
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gregory xii
  • n  the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)
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