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gradin

[ grey-din; French gra-dan ]

noun

, plural gra·dins [grey, -dinz, g, r, a, -, dan].
  1. one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
  2. Ecclesiastical. a shelf or one of a series of shelves behind and above an altar.


gradin

/ ˈɡreɪdɪn; ɡrəˈdiːn /

noun

  1. a ledge above or behind an altar on which candles, a cross, or other ornaments stand
  2. one of a set of steps or seats arranged on a slope, as in an amphitheatre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gradin1

1830–40; < French: step, ledge of altar < Italian gradino, diminutive of grado grade
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gradin1

C19: from French, from Italian gradino , a little step, from grado step; see grade
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Example Sentences

"Without cheap foreigners they couldn't afford all this hyeh new gradin'," the Southerner continued.

They was gradin' and choppin' out the forests ahead to continue the road.

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