Gradually

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Etymology

Middle English, from Medieval Latin graduale, from Latin gradus step; from its being sung on the steps of the altar

Definitions

  • 1 : a book containing the choral parts of the Mass
  • 2 : a pair of verses (as from the Psalms) proper after the Epistle in the Mass