Chant

[tʃɑːnt] or [tʃænt]

Definition

(noun.) a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone.

(verb.) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; 'The rabbi chanted a prayer'.

Checked by Llewellyn--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.

(v. t.) To celebrate in song.

(v. t.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

(v. i.) To make melody with the voice; to sing.

(v. i.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.

(v. t.) Song; melody.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.

(v. t.) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

Typist: Rowland

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. &n. Sing, warble, carol.

n. Song, carol, melody.

Typed by Connie

Definition

v.t. to sing: to celebrate in song: to recite in a singing manner: to sell horses fraudulently.—n. song: melody: a kind of sacred music in which prose is sung.—ns. Chant′er Chant′or a singer: a precentor: in a bagpipe the pipe with finger-holes on which the melody is played: one who cries up horses; Chant′ress; Chant′ry an endowment or chapel for the chanting of masses; Chant′y a sailor's song usually with a drawling refrain sung in concert while raising the anchor &c.

Edited by Bernice