Gregory Definition

gregərē
noun
A masculine name: dim. Greg; var. Gregg; equiv. Fr. Grégoire, Ger. & Scand. Gregor, It. & Sp. Gregorio.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Gregory the Great
  • St. Gregory I
  • Saint Gregory I
  • gregory i
  • St. Gregory of Nazianzen
  • Gregory of Nazianzen
  • Gregory Nazianzen
  • Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari
  • Gregory XVI
  • Ugo Buoncompagni
  • gregory xiii
  • Angelo Correr
  • Gregory XII
  • hildebrand
  • gregory vii
pronoun
A male given name.
Wiktionary

A patronymic surname​.

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Origin of Gregory

  • Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgorios, “watchful”).

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Gregory Sentence Examples

  • It is difficult to trace the names of some of the mayors of the palace, the post being of almost no significance in, the time of Gregory of Tours.

  • After a few months' rest it started on the return journey, following Sturt Creek until its termination in Gregory's Salt Sea, and then keeping parallel with the South Australian border as far as Lake Macdonald.

  • Gregory, the editor of the journal, which lasted until the premature death of the latter in 1844.

  • Anak was slain by his victim's soldiers; Gregory was rescued by his Christian nurse, carried to Caesarea in Cappadocia, and brought up a Christian.

  • Providence, incensed at such cruelty, turns Tiridates into a wild boar, and afflicts his subjects with madness; but his sister, Chosrowidukht, has a revelation to bring Gregory back out of his pit.

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