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plagal
- Main Entry:
- pla·gal

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈplā-gəl\
- Function:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- Medieval Latin plagalis, ultimately from Greek plagios oblique, sideways, from plagos side; akin to Latin plaga net, region, Greek pelagos sea
- Date:
- 1597
1of a church mode : having the keynote on the fourth scale step
— compare authentic 4a2of a cadence : progressing from the subdominant chord to the tonic
— compare authentic 4b
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