chant

IPA: tʃˈænt

Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
(music) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
A surname from French.

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
To sing or intone sacred text.
To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
(transitive, archaic) To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Examples of "chant" in Sentences

I hear the chant all the time at the rallies.
At the end, the clergy again chant the Megalynarion.
The article Gradual is about the chant, not the book.
The article is just a boorish chant and isn't notable.
Attention all ye who download chant from the inter ...
The delegates caught the cadence and took up the chant.
This second chant is a necessary corollary to the first.
The chant was audible but at that distance still wordless.
Refers to a bloodthirsty execution chant from the Revolution.
During the Hidrellez the village women chant and recite couplets.
Did the rain chant several friends and I did yesterday do any good?
As the chant is performed, students bounce to the rhythm of the words.
It was eventually supplanted by the Gregorian chant in the eleventh century.
But now there's even bad news about their fans: Fireman Ed Anzalone, the originator of the J-E-T-S chant, is facing an assault charge following an altercation with a Giants fan during the pre-season Jets/Giants game, according to the Post.