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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plagal /ˈpleɪg(ə)l/

▶adjective Music (of a church mode) containing notes between the dominant and the note an octave higher. Compare with authentic.

– origin C16: from med. L. plagalis, from plaga ‘plagal mode’, from L. plagius, from Gk plagos ‘side’.

'plagal' also found in these Oxford entries:

authentic - plagal cadence

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