chant
IPA: tʃˈænt
noun
- 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.
verb
- 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.
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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.
- The delegates caught the cadence and took up the chant.
- 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.
- 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.
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