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church mode

–noun Music.
a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
Also called Gregorian mode.


Origin:
1860–65
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church mode  
n.  Any of eight scales of medieval music, each distinguished by its ending note, its arrangement of pitches in intervals, and its range.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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