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Gregory   /grˈɛgəri/   Listen
Gregory

noun
1.
(Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391).  Synonyms: Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen.
2.
Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846).  Synonyms: Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari, Gregory XVI.
3.
The pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585).  Synonyms: Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni.
4.
The Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417).  Synonyms: Angelo Correr, Gregory XII.
5.
The Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085).  Synonyms: Gregory VII, Hildebrand.
6.
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604).  Synonyms: Gregory I, Gregory the Great, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I.



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... goddesses! Paul III is seated on a high pedestal, Justice and Prudence are almost prostrate at his feet. Urban VIII is between Prudence and Religion, Innocent XI between Religion and Justice, Innocent XII between Justice and Charity, Gregory XIII between Religion and Strength. Attended by Prudence and Justice, Alexander VII appears kneeling, with Charity and Truth before him, and a skeleton rises up displaying an empty hour-glass. Clement XIII, also on his knees, triumphs above ...
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola

... another matter that claimed Ida's attention. She would meet Gregory Kinnaird at the dance, and she had seen a good deal of him during the last few months. He was not formal like his father, and in most respects she liked the man; and there was no doubt whatever that he neglected no opportunity for ...
— The Gold Trail • Harold Bindloss

... historical facts could do. Ten years later, in the reign of Nicholas II, the theocracy made itself self-perpetuating through the assumption of the election of the pope by the college of cardinals, and in 1073 Hildebrand, the incarnation of monasticism, was crowned under the name of Gregory VII. ...
— The Emancipation of Massachusetts • Brooks Adams

... medical writers, as far as I am aware, who have brought this subject before the notice of the profession, are, Dr J. C. GREGORY, in the report of a case of peculiar black infiltration of the whole lungs, resembling "Melanosis," (Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, No. cix., October 1831); Dr CARSEWELL, in an article ...
— An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis • Archibald Makellar

... arrival of the Russian ambassador-extraordinary, the famous Alexis Orloff, whose visit to Rome seemed the more important and significant as they well knew in what near and confidential relations his brother, Count Gregory Orloff, stood with the Empress Catharine, and what participation Alexis Orloff had in the sudden death of the ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach


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