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逐漸的,漸增的,徐徐的贊美詩

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gradual \Grad"u*al\, n. [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1),
   fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf.
   {Grail} a gradual.]
   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.

Gradual \Grad"u*al"\; a. [Cf; F. graduel. See {Grade}, and cf.
   {Gradual}, 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.

         Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense,
         reason, all summed up in man.            --Milton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

gradual
     adj 1: proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"
            [ant: {sudden}]
     2: of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt; "a gradual
        slope" [ant: {steep}]

gradual
     n : (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book
         of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass