Gradatory
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gradatory is a noun meaning (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
Meaning
(architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
More Meanings
- (zoology) Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land).
- (archaic) Proceeding step by step; gradual.
Example Sentences
Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress […] could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens
Word Forms
- gradatories
Synonyms for gradatory
Depending on context, synonyms include gradual, graduated, gradational.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gradational, gradual, graduated, crowstep, cloistre, clivity.
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