- the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc.
- a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia.
- of, in, or pertaining to prose.
- commonplace; dull; prosaic.
- to turn into or express in prose.
- to write or talk in a dull, matter-of-fact manner.
- spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure
- a passage set for translation into a foreign language
- commonplace or dull discourse, expression, etc
- a hymn recited or sung after the gradual at Mass
- written in prose
- matter-of-fact
- to write or say (something) in prose
- to speak or write in a tedious style
