Definition of Caroling

1. Noun. Singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas).

Generic synonyms: Singing, Vocalizing

Definition of Caroling

1. n. A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols.

Definition of Caroling

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of carol) ¹

2. Noun. A singing of carols. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caroling

1. carol [v] - See also: carol

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caroling

carobs
caroch
caroche
caroched
caroches
caroigne
carol
carol singer
carol singers
caroled
caroler
carolers
caroli disease
carolin
caroling (current term)
carolings
carolins
carolitic
carolled
caroller
carollers
carolling
carollings
carols
carolus
caroluses
carom
carom billiards
caromed

Literary usage of Caroling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Christian Church by George Herbert Dryer (1897)
"Their great effort was to throw off the suprem- acy of the empire. The weakness and caroling divisions among the descendants of the ..."

2. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1851)
"By the time the snow was gone my attic had become populous enough ; but when the breezy, gay and glowing Spring had come, and the caroling out of doors, ..."

3. A History of France by George William Kitchin (1899)
"Pippin the Short, the first caroling King. AD 752-768. IT looks as though there may have been an uneasiness in Pippin's mind, even after he had thus, ..."

4. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1916)
"... TRIAL OF caroling DE MINA FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM CHAPMAN, ANDALUSIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 1832. THE NARRATIVE. Mina was tried for the murder of Mr. Chapman ..."

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