Noun: ecclesiastical mode i,klee-zee'as-ti-kul mowd
- Any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
"The Dorian mode is a common ecclesiastical mode used in medieval church music";
- Gregorian mode, church mode, medieval mode
Derived forms: ecclesiastical modes
Type of: mode, musical mode
Encyclopedia: Ecclesiastical mode