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Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
Answer for the clue "Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played ", 7 letters:
chanter
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"singer, composer," late 14c., from Old French chanteor (Modern French chanteur ), from Latin cantorem "singer," from cantare "to sing" (see chant (v.)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Precentor \Pre*cen"tor\, n. [L. praecentor, fr. praecinere to sing before; prae before + canere to sing. See Chant .] A leader of a choir; a directing singer. Specifically: The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chanter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: The Chanter Sisters , Irene and Doreen Chanter , British singers John Chanter , Australian politician Vic Chanter , Australian rules footballer
Usage examples of chanter.
In the pale blue light of lumen reeds, the faces of the chanters appeared ravaged, their bodies misshapen.
China and was introduced to Japan via the Ryukyu Islands, was coming into vogue among chanters.
She went by Shonsu without a glance, then by the three-man sutra session, which wailed into silence as the chanters were distracted.
Before Rani gave over all of her attention to the chanters, Aldaniosin smoothed down the snowy linen covering the prince.
Kalliana came forward and waited as one of the Guild chanters listed the case and the details, describing the crime of which Troy had been accused.
With the beating of his own drum, and the shaking of the bracelet rattle, the shaman signaled the right pace for the drummers and chanters to maintain, and then, with a nod to Ayla, indicated he was ready.
The same people, these chanters of church litanies, also do laundry, wash windows, clean up messes of urine and vomit, and make hundreds of chicken pot pies in the immense basement kitchen.
His bearers struggled desperately to keep the throne level as the weight shifted, and the people gasped, and the chanters ceased their chanting.
As the chanter walked back to his cot, the door sealed shut with a quiet hiss.
The old chanter, seeing that she had pierced Teroro's indifference, cried passionately, "Auwe!
Sixty presbyters, or priests, one hundred deacons, forty deaconesses, ninety sub-deacons, one hundred and ten readers, twenty-five chanters, and one hundred door-keepers.
Sixty presbyters, or priests, one hundred deacons, forty deaconesses, ninety sub-deacons, one hundred and ten readers, twenty-five chanters, and one hundred door-keepers.
In the Sanctuary of the Scrutators they were admitted to a solemn reading of the sayings of the prophetess (two chanters and a dozen intoners), given instruction for those faithful to the Overmind, and supplied with the names of co-religionists on Hobb's Land.
Ged stayed in the Great House, working with the Masters at all the skills practised by sorcerers, those who work magic but carry no staff: windbringing, weatherworking, finding and binding, and the arts of spellsmiths and spellwrights, tellers, chanters, healalls and herbalists.
I heard the King of Sicily's eight chanters strike up the first verse of High Mass at seven o'clock in the Sainte-Chapelle.