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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