PLAGAL


Meaning of PLAGAL in English

/play"geuhl/ , adj. Music.

(of a Gregorian mode) having the final in the middle of the compass. Cf. authentic (def. 5a).

[ 1590-1600; plagalis, equiv. to plag ( a ) plagal mode (appar. back formation from plagius plagal; see PLAGE) + -alis -AL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .