Meaning of chant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
2. A surname from French.
3. singing
4. A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
5. song
6. To utter words or sounds in musical tones:carol, sing, vocalize.
7. 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.
8. A series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes.
9. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
10. edge
11. A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan: the chant of the crowd at the rally.
12. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
13. corner, especially the intersection of two streets
14. To sing or intone to a chant: chant a prayer.
15. To celebrate in song: chanting a hero's deeds.
16. To say in the manner of a chant: chanted defiant slogans.
17. To sing, especially in the manner of a chant: chanted while a friend jumped rope.
18. To speak monotonously.
19. (Music, other) a simple song or melody
20. (Music, other) a short simple melody in which several words or syllables are assigned to one note, as in the recitation of psalms

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Examples

“His strange face, his strange chant.”

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