gregorian chant

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   a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I

   Broaderplainsong

Questions about gregorian chant

What does gregorian chant mean?

gregorian chant means "a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I".

Is gregorian chant a common word?

gregorian chant 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.