church mode

1. 1.

   any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode

   Synonymsecclesiastical modeGregorian modemedieval mode

   Broadermode

Questions about church mode

What does church mode mean?

church mode means "any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode".

What is another word for church mode?

Close synonyms include ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, medieval mode. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is church mode a common word?

church mode is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.