gracile

Dainty;(gra-che'-le) delicate; light; It. adj. weak; thin. because of the rudimentary character Grad (grat) Ger. n. of the musical notation and a revision Degree; rate; step. of the original was made under Pope grad are (gra-da'-re) It. v.step by step, Gregory XIII., who, in 1576, author- To descend gradually; ized Pal estrin a to revise and restore gradation the plain chant. The best of the A series of ascending or descending modern editions are the Mechlin, in chords, in which no chromatic chords 1848, and the Ratisbon, in 1871. The are used. graduale contains the music for the gradation (gra-das-yon) Fr. n. choir, brant the of the mi al, ma . and for the cele-