Gradus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gradus \Gra"dus\, n. [From L. gradus ad Parnassum a step to
     Parnassus.]
     A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek
     or Latin poetry.
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           He set to work . . . without gradus or other help. --T.
                                                    Hughes.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  GRADUS. This is a Latin word, literally signifying a step; figuratively it 
  is used to designate a person in the ascending or descending line, in 
  genealogy; a degree.