Thesaurus: gradual

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1. 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.
2. n. An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
3. n. A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
4. n. A series of steps.
5. adj. proceeding in small stages
6. adj. (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt
7. n. (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
8. 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. Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. Milton. 1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. 2. A series of steps. [Obs.] Dryden.
9. Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as inascent or descent or from one state to another; regularlyprogressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradualdecline.Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, allsummed up in man. Milton.
10. j:100 n. (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass a. proceeding in small stages a. (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt