'Dorian mode' definitions:

Definition of 'Dorian mode'

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Dorian \Do"ri*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion. [1913 Webster]
2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. "Dorian mood." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. --Grove. [1913 Webster]