Usually means: Scales used in medieval church music.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word ecclesiastical modes:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. ecclesiastical modes: Merriam-Webster
  2. ecclesiastical modes: Vocabulary.com
  3. ecclesiastical modes: Wordnik
  4. Ecclesiastical modes: Dictionary.com
  5. ecclesiastical modes: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Ecclesiastical modes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ecclesiastical modes: The Folk File

(Note: See ecclesiastical_mode as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (ecclesiastical mode)

noun:  any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
▸ Also see ecclesiastical_mode


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