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noun
1.
a song, especially of joy.
2.
a Christmas song or hymn.
3.
a seat in a bay window or oriel.
4.
a compartment in a cloister, similar to a carrel.
5.
a kind of circular dance.
verb (used without object)
6.
to sing Christmas songs or hymns, especially in a group performing in a public place or going from house to house.
7.
to sing, especially in a lively, joyous manner; warble.
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Carolling
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verb (used with object)
8.
to sing joyously.
9.
to praise or celebrate in song.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English carole ring, circle (of stones), enclosed place for study (see carrel), ringdance with song (hence, song) < Anglo-French carole, Old French *corole (compare Old Provençal corola), apparently < Latin corolla garland (see corolla), conflated with Latin choraula < Greek choraúlēs piper for choral dance, equivalent to chor(ós) chorus + -aulēs, derivative of aulós pipe
1250–1300; Middle English carole ring, circle (of stones), enclosed place for study (see carrel), ringdance with song (hence, song) < Anglo-French carole, Old French *corole (compare Old Provençal corola), apparently < Latin corolla garland (see corolla), conflated with Latin choraula < Greek choraúlēs piper for choral dance, equivalent to chor(ós) chorus + -aulēs, derivative of aulós pipe
Related forms
car·ol·er; especially British, car·ol·ler, noun
out·car·ol, verb (used with object), out·car·oled, out·car·ol·ing or (especially British) out·car·olled, out·car·ol·ling.
un·car·oled, adjective
un·car·olled, adjective
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