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Greg⋅o⋅ry

[greg-uh-ree]
–noun
1. Lady Augusta (Isabella Augusta Persse), 1852–1932, Irish dramatist.
2. Horace, 1898–1982, U.S. poet and critic.
3. James, 1638–75, Scottish mathematician.
4. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “watchful.”

Gregory I

–noun
Saint (“Gregory the Great”), a.d. c540–604, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 590–604.

Gregory II

–noun
Saint, died a.d. 731, pope 715–731.

Gregory III

–noun
Saint, died a.d. 741, pope 731–741.

Gregory IV

–noun
died a.d. 844, pope 827–844.

Gregory V

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(Bruno of Carinthia) died a.d. 999, German ecclesiastic: pope 996–999.

Gregory VI

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(Johannes Gratianus) died 1048, German ecclesiastic: pope 1045–46.

Gregory VII

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Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.

Gregory VIII

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(Alberto de Mora or Alberto di Morra) died 1187, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187.

Gregory IX

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(Ugolino di Segni or Ugolino of Anagni) c1143–1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1227–41.

Gregory X

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(Teobaldo Visconti) c1210–76, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1271–76.

Gregory XI

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(Pierre Roger de Beaufort) 1330–78, French ecclesiastic: pope 1370–78.

Gregory XII

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(Angelo Correr, Corrario, or Corraro) c1327–1417, Italian ecclesiastic: installed as pope in 1406 and resigned office in 1415.

Gregory XIII

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(Ugo Buoncompagni) 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar.

Gregory XIV

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(Niccolò Sfandrati) 1535–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590–91.

Gregory XV

–noun
(Alessandro Ludovisi) 1554–1623, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1621–23.

Gregory XVI

–noun
(Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari) 1765–1846, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1831–46.
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Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse 1852-1932.  
Irish playwright. She was a founder (1899) and director (1904-1932) of the Abbey Theatre, for which she wrote a number of short plays, including Spreading the News (1904).
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Word Origin & History

Gregory 
male proper name, common in England and Scotland by 1143 (Gregory I sent the men who converted the English to Christianity), from L. Gregorius, from Gk. gregorios, a derivative of gregoros "to be watchful," from PIE base *ger- "to be awake" (cf. Skt. jagarti "he is awake," Avestan agarayeiti "wakes up, rouses"). At times confused with L. gregarius (see gregarious).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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