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 of church mode

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby church mode

church expectant, church father, church invisible, church key, church militant, church mode, church of christ, scientist, church of england, church of god, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, church of rome

British Dictionary definitions for church mode

church mode

noun

music a less common name for mode (def. 3a)