Definition of Chants. Meaning of Chants. Synonyms of Chants

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Definition of Chants

Chant
Chant Chant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.] 1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. --Spenser. 2. To celebrate in song. The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall. 3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.
Chant
Chant Chant, v. i. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. ``Chant to the sound of the viol.' --Amos vi. 5. 2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. To chant (or chaunt) horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. --Thackeray.
Chant
Chant Chant, n.[F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.] 1. Song; melody. 2. (Mus.) 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. 3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting. 4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.] His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay. Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian. Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.

Meaning of Chants from wikipedia

- Aboriginal cultures, Gregorian chant, Vedic chant, Quran reading, Islamic Dhikr, Baháʼí chants, various Buddhist chants, various mantras, Jewish cantillation...
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- Chants of Sennaar is a 2023 adventure video game developed by Rundisc and published by Focus Entertainment. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation...
- "Les Chants Magnétiques", is "Magnetic Songs". However, the French word for 'fields' (champs) is a homophone of the French word for 'songs' (chants), so...
- Chantal St-Cyr Hébert OC (born 1954) is a Canadian journalist and political commentator. Hébert was born on April 24, 1954, in Ottawa, Ontario, the oldest...
- Look up chant or chanting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chant is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds. Chant or Chants may also...
- classical Barbra ("Brezairola") Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 1, with Frederica von Stade (Antonio de Almeida recording) Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 2 & Triptyque...
- giving the chants a smooth, undulating feel. Unlike Ambrosian chants, Beneventan chants do not notably specify whether any given chant is meant to be...
- jazz. Jazz Chants are defined poems with repeated beats. The beat may vary depending on the idea of the reader.[citation needed] A jazz chant is a fragment...