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Plainsong

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Roman Catholic Church Gregorian chant.

n. Roman Catholic Church Any monophonic medieval liturgical music without strict meter and traditionally sung without accompaniment. Also called plainchant.

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n. A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various Christian churches.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church

Word Usage

"The masses fall into two (probably chronological) groups: the first consists of those printed in 1532 and those in the manuscript Montserrat 768 (copied 1546), which are primarily parody masses; the second consists of those found in Montserrat 772 (copied 1560), which paraphrase plainsong melodies and reflect the conservatism of Philip II and his court."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

chant

Cross Reference

Gregorian chant

Hyponym

cantus firmus

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