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gregory
/ˈɡɹɛɡ(ə)ɹi/
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What does gregory mean?
noun
- (slang) Shortened form of Gregory Peck, a neck
proper noun
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
More meanings (7)
proper noun
- A small town on the Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.
- A small town and port in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.
- A township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Little Falls Township, Morrison County, Minnesota.
- A city in Gregory County, South Dakota.
- Synonym of Hopewell, Gibson County, Tennessee.
- A city in San Patricio County, Texas.
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IPA pronunciation
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Gregory XVI., at the age of eighty, held himself erect and smiling, which did not prevent him from being a bad bishop.
As far back as the sixth century so great a man as Pope Gregory I showed himself hostile to the development of this science.
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In bringing off his men, Gen. Gregory was thrice wounded by a bayonet, and several of his brigade, made prisoners, had no wounds but from the bayonet.
A somewhat similar case is mentioned by Gregory of a mother of 7 children who had never had her menstrual flow.
The legend relates that Gregory saw on the top of Hadrian's tomb an angel with a drawn sword, which he sheathed as the plague abated.