n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
n. The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A part or division of a poem of some length: as, the six cantos of “The Lady of the Lake.”
n. In music; the highest voice-part in concerted music; soprano.
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n. a major division of a long poem
n. the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
Word Usage
"It follows the ecotopian revision of Isaiah 11 in canto viii, where babies sport with basilisks and lions lie mutated into lambs, and 'no longer now/He slays the lamb that looks him in the face/And horribly devours his mangled flesh' (211)."