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church mode

noun

, Music.
  1. a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.


church mode

noun

  1. music a less common name for mode
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of church mode1

First recorded in 1860–65

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