chant
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1. chant - Noun
2. chant - Verb
3. Chant - Proper noun
Meaning
To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
To celebrate in song.
To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.
To make melody with the voice; to sing.
To sing, as in reciting a chant.
Song; melody.
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.
A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
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The rabbi chanted a prayer
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
According to the a speaker also led a Proud Boys chant: "I am a proud Western Chauvinist."
About this sound Play ( help · info ) Many of Du Fay's compositions were simple settings of chant, obviously designed for liturgical use, probably as substitutes for the unadorned chant, and can be seen as chant harmonizations.
An instant signature, it was a highlight of 1975’s (where Marley added the indelible “wo-yo-yo-yo” chant), and frequently led the battle-hardened troika that capped many of Marley’s late-Seventies concerts, appearing alongside “War” and “Exodus.”
And every so often, a spectral figure in ceremonial garb — a sort of spirit of place incarnate — shows up to roam Katrina Lindsay’s expansive indoor-outdoor set and chant forebodingly in the Nigerian language of Ibo.