"peu à peu" meaning in German

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          "english": "[…] and how thereafter in the following generations little by little the common people would be exlcuded, and the elections would come under the sway of the clergy.",
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          "text": "[…] und wie nachgehends in folgenden seculis das volck peu a peu excludiret, und die electio von den Canonicis an sich gezogen worden.",
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          "english": "His readings were legendary, even though he only changed up his program little by little. His audience was devoted to him.",
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