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.
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   2. (Mus.) Same as {Doric}, 3. "Dorian mood." --Milton.
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   {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.
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