WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Phryg′ian mode′, [Music.]
  1. Music and Dancean authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • 1800–10

'Phrygian mode' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
hypophrygian mode

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