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Definition of Plainchant

1. Noun. A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church.

Definition of Plainchant

1. Noun. (music) A form of monophonic liturgical chant employed in various Catholic and Orthodox liturgies ¹

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Definition of Plainchant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plainchant

Literary usage of Plainchant

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"57. Internal Hemorrhage during Pregnancy.—M. plainchant has communicated to the Académie de Médecine of ..."

2. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"PEABODY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Organists, singers and teachers of parochial schools will be interested in a course in plainchant, which will be given at the ..."

3. The Story of Organ Music by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1905)
"In 1840 he published a Manuel des organistes de la campagne; treating of the accompaniment of plainsong; in 1860, L' Accompagnement du plainchant sur ..."

4. Historia Crítica de la Literatura Espanola by José Amador de los Rios (1862)
"... on sentait que le plainchant n'allait pas si bien dessous.n— Y Mr. de Cayrol dice en ... aux regles de l'ancienne plainchant qui s'accordait mal avec ce ..."

5. The Elements of Plainsong: Compiled from a Series of Lectures Delivered by Henry Bremridge Briggs (1895)
"With the development of counterpoint, all idea of rhythm in the cantus firmus or plainchant disappeared; and hence we find Orni- ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"57. Internal Hemorrhage during Pregnancy.—M. plainchant has communicated to the Académie de Médecine of ..."

7. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"PEABODY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Organists, singers and teachers of parochial schools will be interested in a course in plainchant, which will be given at the ..."

8. The Story of Organ Music by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1905)
"In 1840 he published a Manuel des organistes de la campagne; treating of the accompaniment of plainsong; in 1860, L' Accompagnement du plainchant sur ..."

9. Historia Crítica de la Literatura Espanola by José Amador de los Rios (1862)
"... on sentait que le plainchant n'allait pas si bien dessous.n— Y Mr. de Cayrol dice en ... aux regles de l'ancienne plainchant qui s'accordait mal avec ce ..."

10. The Elements of Plainsong: Compiled from a Series of Lectures Delivered by Henry Bremridge Briggs (1895)
"With the development of counterpoint, all idea of rhythm in the cantus firmus or plainchant disappeared; and hence we find Orni- ..."

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