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proper noun

Gregory n.

Pope Gregory XIII., born 1572, died 1585, the pope who introduced the modern calendar.

Synonyms: Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni.

Pope Gregory I., born circa 540, died 604; the pope for whom Gregorian chants were named.

Synonyms: Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, Gregory the Great.

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... 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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