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1. (adj.) plagal
(of a church mode) having the final in the middle of the compass.
2. plagal
(of a cadence) progressing from the subdominant to the tonic chord.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < ML plagālis=plag(a) plagal mode (appar. back formation from plagius plagal; see plage ) + L -ālis -al1)
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1. (adj) plagal
having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave
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