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gregorian

A เกี่ยวกับ ท่าน  Gregory องค์ สันตะปาปา 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GREGORIAN

a.Denoting what belongs to Gregory. The Gregorian calendar, is one which shows the new and full moon, with the time of Easter, and the movable feasts depending thereon, by means of epacts. The Gregorian year, is the present year, as reformed by pope Gregory XIII, in 1582; consisting of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 47 seconds, with an additional day every fourth year.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GREGORIAN

Gre *go "ri *an, a. Etym: [NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. grégorien. ]

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name. 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 1 aud not by 4 , has 366 days; all other years have 365 days. See Bissextile, and Note under Style, n., 7.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Gregorian calendar

Gre go ri an cal en dar |grəˈgôrēən ɡrəˈˌɡɔriən ˈkæləndər | ▶noun the calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, as a modification of the Julian calendar. To bring the calendar back into line with the solar year, 10 days were suppressed, and centenary years were made leap years only if they were divisible by 400. England did not adopt the reformed calendar until 1752, by which time 11 days had to be suppressed. At the same time, New Year's Day was changed from March 25 to January 1, and dates using the new calendar were designated ‘New Style. ’.

 

Gregorian chant

Gre go ri an chant |ɡrəˈˌɡɔriən ˈtʃænt | ▶noun church music sung as a single vocal line in free rhythm and a restricted scale (plainsong ), in a style developed for the medieval Latin liturgy. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after St. Gregory the Great (in Latin Gregorius ), who is said to have standardized it.

 

Gregorian telescope

Gre go ri an tel e scope ▶noun an early reflecting telescope in which light reflected from a concave elliptical secondary mirror passes through a hole in the primary mirror. It was rendered obsolete by the introduction of Newtonian and Cassegrain telescopes. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after James Gregory (1638 –75 ), the Scottish mathematician who invented it.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Gregorian calendar

Gregorian calendar |grɪˈgɔːrɪən | ▶noun the calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, as a modification of the Julian calendar. To bring the calendar back into line with the solar year, 10 days were suppressed, and centenary years were only made leap years if they were divisible by 400. Scotland adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1600, but England and Wales did not follow suit until 1752 (by which time 11 days had to be suppressed ). At the same time New Year's Day was changed from 25 March to 1 January, and dates using the new calendar were designated ‘New Style ’.

 

Gregorian chant

Gre ¦gor |ian chant |grɪˈgɔːrɪən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] church music sung as a single vocal line in free rhythm and a restricted scale (plainsong ), in a style developed for the medieval Latin liturgy. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after St Gregory the Great (in Latin Gregorius ), who is said to have standardized it.

 

Gregorian telescope

Gre ¦gor |ian tele |scope |grɪˈgɔːrɪən | ▶noun an early reflecting telescope in which light reflected from a concave elliptical secondary mirror passes through a hole in the primary mirror. It was rendered obsolete by the introduction of Newtonian and Cassegrain telescopes. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after James Gregory (1638 –75 ), the Scottish mathematician who invented it.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gregorianik

Gre go ri a nik Substantiv, feminin , die |Gregori a nik |nach Papst Gregor I. (um 540 –604 )1 Kunstform des gregorianischen Gesangs 2 den gregorianischen Gesang betreffende Forschung

 

gregorianisch

gre go ri a nisch Adjektiv |gregori a nisch | Gesang 2 ; Kalender 2

 

gregorianisieren

gre go ri a ni sie ren schwaches Verb |gregorianis ie ren |in der Manier des gregorianischen Gesangs komponieren

 

Spanish Dictionary

gregoriano, -na

gregoriano, -na adjetivo 1 De alguno de los papas llamados Gregorio o relacionado con él :época gregoriana; reforma gregoriana .2 [año, calendario, era ] Que fue reformado por el papa Gregorio XIII en el siglo xiv :en la actualidad seguimos el calendario gregoriano .3 nombre masculino /adjetivo Canto litúrgico cristiano monódico, sin acompañamiento de instrumentos y de estilo libre, establecido por el papa san Gregorio (540 -604 ) en el siglo vi :el gregoriano se escribe en tetragramas; el canto gregoriano fue el resultado de la confluencia de la música grecorromana y la judía .4 adjetivo De este canto o relacionado con él :música gregoriana; melodía gregoriana; repertorio gregoriano . VÉASE modos gregorianos .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Gregorian

Gre go ri an /ɡrɪɡɔ́ːriən /形容詞 グレゴリウスの .～̀ c á lendar 〖the ～〗グレゴリオ暦 〘現行の太陽暦; Gregory 13世が制定 〙.～̀ ch á nt 〖the ～〗〘宗 楽 〙グレゴリオ聖歌 〘無伴奏の教会詠唱歌 〙.