gradin
Americannoun
plural
gradins-
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
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Ecclesiastical. a shelf or one of a series of shelves behind and above an altar.
noun
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a ledge above or behind an altar on which candles, a cross, or other ornaments stand
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one of a set of steps or seats arranged on a slope, as in an amphitheatre
Etymology
Origin of gradin
1830–40; < French: step, ledge of altar < Italian gradino, diminutive of grado grade
Example Sentences
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They sed, "Yes, Mr. Hoskins, we'll hav to do some gradin'."
From Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories by Stewart, Cal
And he jest offered me six cents fer my bright, and five cents fer the rest, tips, flyin's, trash, and all, him to do the gradin'.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell
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