a. 1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. “Dorian mood.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]
[りつ, ritsu](n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) { Buddh } vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbr) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbr) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律, 呂) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbr) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to#6911[Add to Longdo]