Gratian

American  

[grey-shee-uhn, -shuhn] / ˈgreɪ ʃi ən, -ʃən /

noun

1. Flavius Gratianus, a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.

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Gratian British  

/ ˈɡreɪʃɪən /

noun

1. Latin name Flavius Gratianus. 359–383 _ad , Roman emperor (367–383): ruled with his father Valentinian I (367–375); ruled the Western Roman Empire with his brother Valentinian II (375-83); appointed Theodosius I emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (379)

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Example Sentences

The lawsuit contends that then-church executive director Rev. Eric Gratian didn’t take action despite the abuse being reported, and the abuse continued.

From Washington Times

The zoo says the baby is the fifth offspring for the Maryland Zoo’s sifaka pair, 12-year-old Anastasia and 14-year-old Gratian.

From Washington Times

The Christian emperor Gratian, in a.d.

From Project Gutenberg

Vainly, at the command of the Roman curia, might Gratian seek to show, in his famous “Concordantia Discordantium Canonum,” that the contradictions might be reconciled, and that the canon law was not merely a mass of clashing rules called forth by special exigencies, but an harmonious body of spiritual law.

From Project Gutenberg

The orders of Gregory were reiterated by Innocent II. as late as the Council of Reims, in 1131, and in that of Lateran, in 1139, and Gratian embodied the whole series in the canon law, where they still remain.

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