hyporchema

 [hahy-per-kee-muh]  

hy·por·che·ma

   [hahy-per-kee-muh]
noun, plural hy·por·che·ma·ta  [-muh-tuh] .
a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Greek hypórchēma, equivalent to hyp- hyp- + orchē- (variant stem of orcheîsthai to dance with or to music; see orchestra) + -ma neuter noun suffix

Related forms
hy·por·che·mat·ic  [hahy-per-kee-mat-ik] , adjective
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