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A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
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plainsong
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Most chanting is unaccompanied, often because no one is available with the required skill, especially to accompany plainsong . ▪ They gather only for services of prayer and plainsong .
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Plainsong may refer to: Plainsong , the body of traditional songs used in the liturgies of the Roman Catholic Church Plainsong , a musical group fronted by Iain Matthews Plainsong , a 1999 novel by Kent Haruf Plainsong , a 1990 novel by Deborah Grabien ...
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n. a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: plainchant , Gregorian chant ]
Wiktionary
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alt. (context music English) A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various Christian churches. n. (context music English) A form of monophonic chant, sung in unison using the Gregorian scale and sung in various ...
Usage examples of plainsong.
Remember the monks at Maria Laach, the plainsong of Tenebrae on Good Friday.
Somewhere out in the house (though he may have dreamed that too) a chorus had begun singing a Dies Irae in plainsong.
In his harsh unmusical voice he chanted plainsong, which had a better covering effect: he had reached a Benedictus in the Dorian mode and he was straining for a high qui venit when the clear sharp voice of gunfire - carronade-fire - cut him short.
If we are saddened for ourselves that he is leaving us, it is tempered with joy that he has now achieved his heart's desire and will return to his beloved Hertfordshire, where he expects to devote his retirement years to civic affairs, transcendental meditation, and the study of plainsong.