reproach, reproch, reproche

[French reproche, from reprocher =to reproach (q. v.); Sp. reproche.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with opprobrium or contempt; opprobrious or contumelious language addre ed to anyone; severe censure or blame, as for a fault. "It is made up of boasts, reproaches, and sneers."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xvii. 2. An occasion of blame or censure; shame, in. famy, disgrace. "God hath taken away my reproach."- Genesis xxx. 23. *3. An object of contempt, scorn, or derision. "We are become a reproach to our neighbors."-Psalms lxxix. 4. II. Roman Ritual ( pl .): Improper i a; a series of antiphons and responses, forming part of the service which, on Good Friday, is substituted for the usual daily Ma . The text is partly in Latin, partly in Greek, designed to illustrate the sorrowful remonstrance of Our Lord with His people for their ingratitude. These reproaches were first sung to plain-chant melodies, preserved in the Graduale Romanum , and still extensively used, but in the Sistine Chapel, since 1560, they have been sung to some exquisite faux bourdons , to which they were adapted by Pal estrin a. rě-proach-a-ble, *re-proc he-a-ble, a. reproach; -able.] [Eng. 1. Deserving of reproach. *2. Reproachful, opprobrious, contumelious, disgraceful. "He also prohybyted that any thinge shuld be red or spoken, repro che able or blasphemous to God."- Elyot : Governor, iii., ii.