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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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... their good-breeding and their godliness. Two wicked Wells women were punished in 1669 "for using profane speeches in their common talk; as in making answer to several questions their answer is, The Devil a bit." In 1640, in Springfield, Goody Gregory, being grievously angered, profanely abused an annoying neighbor, saying, "Before God I coulde breake thy heade!" But she acknowledged her "great sine and faulte" like a woman, and paid her fine and sat in the stocks like ...
— Sabbath in Puritan New England • Alice Morse Earle

... difference of religious belief. To all who loved him—and it seems to have been his whole generation—his name gave the opportunity of affectionate puns, quips, and little epigrams; to Queen Elizabeth he was "my Jewel," and the epitaph Westcote makes upon him is that of St. Gregory upon St. Basil: "His words were thunder, and his life lightning," and his memory "a fragrant sweet-smelling odour, blown abroad . . ...
— Lynton and Lynmouth - A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland • John Presland

... hair was the symbol of sovereignty in Europe. We learn from Gregory of Tours that, among the successors of Clovis, it was the exclusive privilege of the royal family to have their hair long, and curled. The nobles, equal to kings in power, would not show any inferiority in this respect, and wore not only their hair, but their beards, of an enormous length. ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Vol. I • Charles Mackay

... G. M. Gregory, "The Corrupt Use of Money in Politics and Laws for its Prevention" (1893). Written before the later exposes, it nevertheless gives a clear ...
— The Boss and the Machine • Samuel P. Orth

... tackle; Curtis Redden, '03l, end; Neil Snow, '02, full-back; Harrison S. ("Boss") Weeks, '02l, quarter; and Everett Sweeley, '03, half-back; while to this list were added that year Martin Heston, '04l, one of the greatest backs in the history of the game; the center, George Gregory, '04l; and the old reliable guard Dan McGugin, '04l. This team under Yost's astute and resourceful direction proved invincible, and became one of the greatest elevens in the history of football. Whether it could have dealt successfully with the Eastern ...
— The University of Michigan • Wilfred Shaw


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