- (n.) Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline.
- (n.) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
- (n.) A series of steps.
- (n.) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps or while the deacon ascended the steps.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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