(n)the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752, Syn.New Style calendar

gregorian calendar month

(n)a month in the Gregorian calendar

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), Syn.Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen

gregory

(n)Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846), Syn.Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari, Gregory XVI

gregory

(n)the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585), Syn.Ugo Buoncompagni, Gregory XIII

gregory

(n)the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417), Syn.Gregory XII, Angelo Correr

gregory

(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), Syn.Gregory VII, Hildebrand

gregory

(n)(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604), Syn.Gregory the Great, Saint Gregory I, Gregory I, St. Gregory I

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Grego

{ } n. [ Prob. fr, It. Greco Greek, or Sp. Griego, or Pg. Grego. ] A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant. [ Written also griego. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Gregorian

a. [ NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. grégorien. ] Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gregorian calendar, the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian year (below). --
Gregorian chant (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called “the Great”) in the 6th century. --
Gregorian modes, the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the ancient Greek scales, as Dorian, Lydian, etc. --
Gregorian telescope (Opt.), a form of reflecting telescope, named from Prof. James Gregory, of Edinburgh, who perfected it in 1663. A small concave mirror in the axis of this telescope, having its focus coincident with that of the large reflector, transmits the light received from the latter back through a hole in its center to the eyepiece placed behind it. --
Gregorian year, the year as now reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, every year, of the current reckoning, which is divisible by 4, except those divisible by 100 and not by 400, has 366 days; all other years have 365 days. See Bissextile, and Note under Style, n., 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gregory

prop. n. 1. Pope Gregory XIII., born 1572, died 1585, the pope who introduced the modern calendar.
Syn. -- Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Pope Gregory I., born circa 540, died 604; the pope for whom Gregorian chants were named.
Syn. -- Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, Gregory the Great. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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