Usually means: Cadence moving from IV to I.
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  1. plagal: Merriam-Webster
  2. plagal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plagal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plagal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plagal: Wordnik
  6. plagal: Wiktionary
  7. plagal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. plagal: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Plagal, plagal: Dictionary.com
  10. Plagal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Plagal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. plagal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Plagal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. plagal: FreeDictionary.org
  15. plagal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. PLAGAL: Acronym Finder

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  1. plagal: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (plagal)

adjective:  (music) Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.
adjective:  (music) Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.

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