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Noun: ecclesiastical mode  i`kleezee'astikul mowd
  1. Any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
    - Gregorian mode, church mode, medieval mode

Derived forms: ecclesiastical modes

Type of: mode, musical mode

Encyclopedia: Ecclesiastical mode