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Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. |
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An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. |
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A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. |
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A series of steps. |
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