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chaunt

[ chawnt, chahnt ]

noun

  1. an obsolete variant of chant.


chaunt

/ tʃɔːnt /

noun

  1. See chant
    a less common variant of chant


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Derived Forms

  • ˈchaunter, noun

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Example Sentences

It appeared as a chorus of many voices intoning some solemn chaunt.

She listens to choirs of angels, joining worthily with them in the celestial chaunt!

In the evening it was the custom for the canons to chaunt vespers with great pomp.

Thence he returned to college and adjourned to the chapel to shew how genteely he dresses, and how well he can chaunt.

As daylight faded I have watched the swinging torches and low chaunt of those who carried the Host to some passing soul.

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