Definition of Cantos

1. Noun. (plural of canto) ¹

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Definition of Cantos

1. canto [n] - See also: canto

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantos

cantonize
cantonized
cantonizes
cantonizing
cantonment
cantonments
cantons
cantoon
cantoons
cantopop
cantor
cantoral
cantorial
cantoris
cantors
cantos (current term)
cantour
cantraip
cantraips
cantrap
cantraps
cantred
cantreds
cantref
cantrefs
cantrip
cantrips
cants
cantus

Literary usage of Cantos

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 (1913)
"Daniel accepts but two original cantos (those addressing the Feet and the Knees), ... (fifteenth century) containing only the cantos beginning "Salve mundi ..."

2. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"cantos iii. and iv., how different. Points of contact with Wordsworth and with Shelley. IV. Italy: self-revelation of Byron in The Dream, Darkness, eto. ..."

3. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"The poem abruptly ends with a number of satirical pictures of life and society in the latter country. were published in 1819, cantos 3, 4 and 5 in 1821, ..."

4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"The poem abruptly ends with a number of satirical pictures of life and society in the latter country. were published in 1819, cantos 3, 4 and 5 in 1821, ..."

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