/gray"din/ ; Fr. /grddann daonn"/ , n. , pl. gradins /-dinz/ ; Fr. /-daonn"/ .
1. one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
2. Eccles. a shelf or one of a series of shelves behind and above an altar.
Also, gradine /greuh deen"/ .
[ 1830-40; gradino, dim. of grado GRADE ]