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Definition of Canto
1. Noun. The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music.
Generic synonyms: Voice Part
2. Noun. A major division of a long poem.
Definition of Canto
1. n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
Definition of Canto
1. Noun. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canto
1. a division of a long poem [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canto
Literary usage of Canto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"So again in canto 49, in the verse beginning — " Be near me when the ... In canto
54, " I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff ..."
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