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plain·chant    Audio Help   [pleyn-chant, -chahnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
plainsong (defs. 1, 2).
[Origin: 1720–30; plain1 + chant, modeled on F plain-chant]
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plain·chant    Audio Help   (plān'chānt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   See plainsong.


[French plain-chant (translation of Medieval Latin cantus plānus) : plain, plain; see plain + chant, song; see chant.]

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plain·song    Audio Help   (plān'sông', -sŏng')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Roman Catholic Church
  1. Gregorian chant.
  2. Any monophonic medieval liturgical music without strict meter and traditionally sung without accompaniment. Also called plainchant.


[Translation of Medieval Latin cantus plānus.]

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plainchant

noun
a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: plainsong] 

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