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Chant

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
2.VerbTo sing or intone sacred text.
3.VerbTo utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
"The football fans chanted insults at the referee."
4.VerbTo sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
5.NounType of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
6.NounA short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
7.NounA harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
8.NounTwang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
9.NounA repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
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