GRADE, n. L. gradus, a step. gradior, to step to go, rota. We observe further that the Latin gradior forms gressus, by a common change of d to s Heb. to descend.
1. A degree or rank in order or dignity, or ecclesiastical.
While questions, periods, and grades and privileges are never once formally discussed.
2. A step or degree in any ascending series as crimes of every grade.
When we come to examine the intermediate grades.
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