gradatory

== English == === Etymology === Compare Latin gradatarium. === Noun === gradatory (plural gradatories) (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church. === Adjective === gradatory (comparative more gradatory, superlative most gradatory) (archaic) Proceeding step by step; gradual. (zoology) Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land). === References === “gradatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.