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Gregory   /grˈɛgəri/   Listen
Gregory

noun
1.
(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391).  Synonyms: Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen.
2.
Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846).  Synonyms: Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari, Gregory XVI.
3.
The pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585).  Synonyms: Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni.
4.
The Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417).  Synonyms: Angelo Correr, Gregory XII.
5.
The Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085).  Synonyms: Gregory VII, Hildebrand.
6.
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604).  Synonyms: Gregory I, Gregory the Great, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I.



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"Gregory" Quotes from Famous Books



... by no means. What is there odious about him? He is very lively; he is the second son of Sir Gregory Anderson, and has very comfortable ...
— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope

... so named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finisher of the law; to whom Sir William Segar, garter king of arms (being imposed on by Brooke, a herald), granted a coat ...
— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al.

... the Saddle, By District Secretary Ryder Gregory Institute, Wilmington, D.C. A Day at Tougaloo Which will be the Under Dog in the Fight ...
— The American Missionary, Volume XLII. No. 7. July 1888 • Various

... intellectual revival, that followed upon the successful issue of the struggle for freedom waged by Gregory VII. and his successors, reached the zenith of its glory in the thirteenth century. Scholasticism, as expounded by men like Alexander of Hales, Albert the Great, Roger Bacon, St. Bonaventure, and St. Thomas, and illustrated ...
— History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French • Rev. James MacCaffrey

... Mock-Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady cur'd, was well received. The French original was rendered with tolerable closeness; but here and there Fielding has introduced little touches of his own, as, for instance, where Gregory (Sganarelle) tells his wife Dorcas (Martino), whom he has just been beating, that as they are but one, whenever he beats her he beats half of himself. To this she replies by requesting that for the future he ...
— Fielding - (English Men of Letters Series) • Austin Dobson


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