GRADATORIES

Noun

gradatories

plural of gradatory

Source: Wiktionary


GRADATORY

Grad"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [See Grade.]

1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. A. Seward.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.

Grad"a*to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.)

Definition: A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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