GREGORY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (Roman Catholic Church) a pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership
    • a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Gregory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Church and the supremacy of the Church over the state (1020-1085)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Gregory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) Gregory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower