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Original entry ↗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. · Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
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. · To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.
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