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Definition of Gradin
1. n. Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another.
Definition of Gradin
1. Noun. Any of a series of terraced steps or seats, as in an arena or an altar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gradin
1. gradine [n -S] - See also: gradine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gradin
Literary usage of Gradin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1890)
"No gradin. one light on the altar, and never more than two, even in the illustration
of a pontifical mass 't*elf, where the modern rubric requires seven. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The term gradin seems to have been recently introduced from the French. ...
The gradin or gradins collectively are sometimes called a ..."
3. An Essay on Apostolical Succession: Being a Defence of a Genuine Protestant by Thomas Powell (1846)
"Thirdly, both Comenius and Arvid gradin state that the three men who were sent
to Stephen, and consecrated bishops by him, were Matthias ..."
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