Chant
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Chant
Verb
- To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- To sing or intone sacred text.
- To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
"The football fans chanted insults at the referee."
- To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Noun
- Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
- A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
- A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
- Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
- A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
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