Definition of Chants

1. Noun. (plural of chant) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of chant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chants

1. chant [v] - See also: chant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chants

chanteys
chanticleer
chanticleers
chantie
chanties
chanting
chantingly
chantis
chantlike
chantor
chantors
chantress
chantresses
chantries
chantry
chants (current term)
chanty
chao
chaogenous
chaoite
chaolite
chaological
chaologist
chaologists
chaology
chaomancy
chaophilia
chaos-theory
chaos theory

Literary usage of Chants

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The first part consists of three lessons from Sacred Scripture (two chants and a prayer being interposed) which are followed by a long series of prayers for ..."

2. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein (1906)
"CHAPTER XIII chants OF THE CREED THE game of Twelve Days, especially in one ... One of these cumulative chants is included in the Hebrew service for the ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"... that we can expect to recover the earlier history and the pre-history of the country. E. SIDNEY HARTLAND. LES VIEUX chants POPULAIRES SCANDINAVES. ..."

4. Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum by Augustus Hughes-Hughes (1906)
"SECTION V.—chants AS SUNG TO THE PSALMS, ETC., IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. ... TUNES in foure parts to the Psalms of David," ie single chants, in score. 1. ..."

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