Gregorian

American  

[gri-gawr-ee-uhn, -gohr-] / grɪˈgɔr i ən, -ˈgoʊr- /

adjective

1. of or relating to any of the popes named Gregory, especially Gregory I or Gregory XIII.

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Gregorian British  

/ ɡrɪˈɡɔːrɪən /

adjective

1. relating to, associated with, or introduced by any of the popes named Gregory, esp Gregory I or Gregory XIII

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Etymology

Origin of Gregorian

1590–1600; < New Latin gregoriānus of, pertaining to Pope Gregory, equivalent to Late Latin Gregori ( us ) + Latin -ānus -an

Example Sentences

One Spotify employee got the age of 100 thanks to listening to classical music and Gregorian chants, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Each full Moon in a year has a name - a practice that dates back to ancient traditions centuries before the Gregorian calendar existed.

From BBC

In his message to the Builders AI Forum at the Pontifical Gregorian University on Nov. 7, he wrote that AI, “like all human invention, springs from the creative capacity that God has entrusted to us.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Born in 1947 in Dublin, Farrell attended the University of Salamanca in Spain and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, according to the Vatican.

From BBC

Foula - which is home to less than 40 people - never fully adopted the modern Gregorian calendar, preferring instead to follow some of the traditions of the Julian calendar.

From BBC