gradatoryn.

/ˈɡreɪdətəri/

Etymology: as if < Latin *gradātōrium, < gradus step.

A flight of steps, esp. those leading from the cloisters to the choir of a church.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps

gree1303

grece1382

grecesa1400

ascendant1548

stairs1585

gradatory1661

staircase1670

risec1702

flight1703

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Gradatorie, the space containing the ascent out of the Cloyster into the Quire of a Church or Religious house.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 159.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1859 J. G. Holland Gold Foil xiii. 142 That which is above us, in allotment, gift, and acquisition, forms so many steps of the gradatory that leads from the cells where we do penance, to the temple.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

gradatoryadj.

/ˈɡreɪdətəri/

Etymology: as if < Latin *gradātōrius, < gradus step.

1. Proceeding by steps or grades. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > of or relating to a system > arranged in gradations

gradual?1541

degreed1581

graduate1628

scalary1646

graduated1679

gradatory1793

gradationed1805

1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 202 The chain of subordination, which binds the various orders of national society in one common form of polity; that gradatory junction, which can alone give vigour and effect to the laws.

1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 243 Could this gradatory apostasy [of Macbeth] have been shown us.

1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 253.

1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 566 We find assembled, in its continuous extent of gradatory links, the whole chain of serving maidenhood.

2. Adapted for stepping (see quot. 1842).

ΚΠ

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 522/1 Gradatory, a term applied in Mammalogy to the extremities of a quadruped which are equal, or nearly so, and adapted for ordinary progression on dry land.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	gradatory
释义	gradatoryn. /ˈɡreɪdətəri/ Etymology: as if < Latin gradātōrium, < gradus* step. A flight of steps, esp. those leading from the cloisters to the choir of a church. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps gree1303 grece1382 grecesa1400 ascendant1548 stairs1585 gradatory1661 staircase1670 risec1702 flight1703 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Gradatorie, the space containing the ascent out of the Cloyster into the Quire of a Church or Religious house. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 159. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1859 J. G. Holland Gold Foil xiii. 142 That which is above us, in allotment, gift, and acquisition, forms so many steps of the gradatory that leads from the cells where we do penance, to the temple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). gradatoryadj. /ˈɡreɪdətəri/ Etymology: as if < Latin gradātōrius, < gradus* step. 1. Proceeding by steps or grades. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > of or relating to a system > arranged in gradations gradual?1541 degreed1581 graduate1628 scalary1646 graduated1679 gradatory1793 gradationed1805 1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 202 The chain of subordination, which binds the various orders of national society in one common form of polity; that gradatory junction, which can alone give vigour and effect to the laws. 1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 243 Could this gradatory apostasy [of Macbeth] have been shown us. 1793 A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 253. 1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 566 We find assembled, in its continuous extent of gradatory links, the whole chain of serving maidenhood. 2. Adapted for stepping (see quot. 1842). ΚΠ 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 522/1 Gradatory, a term applied in Mammalogy to the extremities of a quadruped which are equal, or nearly so, and adapted for ordinary progression on dry land. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1661adj.1793
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