Word Finder - chant

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Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

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A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

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Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

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A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

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To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

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To sing or intone sacred text.

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To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.

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The football fans chanted insults at the referee.

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To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Remember when we used to chant that?

Others picked up the chant.

The chant no longer soothed the pain within her as she thought of her own past.

The music is very much inspired by Gregorian chant.

When we chant with other people we will feel deeply connected with them.

It treats chiefly of the tonalities of the plain chant, and of counterpoints constructed upon them.

It is also interesting to find that a section of the Kafir community of Kamdesh still claim the same Greek origin as did the Nysaeans; still chant hymns to the god who sprang from Gir Nysa (the mountain of Nysa); whilst they maintain that they originally migrated from the Swat country to their present habitat in the lower Bashgol.

Chant Mary's name five times, and she will appear.

The old chant of the Salii, called axamenta, was written in the old Saturnian metre, in language so archaic that even the priests themselves could hardly understand it.

During the procession a chant (also called eiresione) was sung, the text of which has been preserved in Plutarch (Theseus, '22) "Eiresione carries figs and rich cakes; Honey and oil in a jar to anoint the limbs; And pure wine, that she may be drunken and go to sleep."

The antiphons are short liturgical forms, sometimes of biblical, sometimes of patristic origin, used to introduce a psalm, The term originally signified a chant by alternate choirs, but has quite lost this meaning in the Breviary.

We got as far as the porch, before hearing the sung chant of the offices within.

The crowd began to rowdily chant the chorus and join in with the spirit of the anthem.

Will I be required to chant, or adopt unusual postures?

This transposition has had, as we shall see, much to do with the history of our subject, ultimately influencing the ecclesiastical chant and lasting until the 17th century of our era.

For those that whisper, utter, shout or chant racial taunts.

The deep voice ceased its booming chant and all he could hear was a faint patter followed by dull thuds directly above him.

You may chant the spell at this point in the ritual.

Arsenal fans even chant " Where's your arsenal fans even chant " Where's your Arsenal reject " at Michael Thomas who won the league for them.

Conradin had been wont to chant his praises, to- night he asked a boon.

The result was a kind of half-hearted kind of gabbling of the words rather like a badly sung Anglican chant.

For example, in certain strands of Buddhism, Buddhists chant for their deceased friends and family.

Coming on like The Coral jamming with The Who, Cohesion do terrace chant choruses to die for.

Turns out he's not a fan of Jake Arnott's book inspired by the football chant about him, He Kills Coppers.

In fact, the impish Goodall manages to make even Gregorian chant sound somehow groovy.

By the way, John, the chant is ' say hey, say ho, Condi Rice has got to go ' .

There was also Gregorian chant and the 14-minute keystone of Lately.

John laughed a hysterical laughed a hysterical laughter, and his teeth began to chant war songs in Russian.

Arsenal fans even chant " Where's your Arsenal reject " at Michael Thomas who won the league for them.

Support CUP, chant the mantra, sign up, send money.

Its repertoire includes a range of styles, from Gregorian chant to 20th century works, but with a strong partiality to Finnish music.

This chant will activate the pathways to serenity that already exist within you and will allow you to forge new and indestructible connections.

All the time the dance and chant are kept up, the solid phalanx facing toward the enemy.

We cover a wide range of musical styles, from Gregorian chant and renaissance polyphony to contemporary music in more popular vein.

No-one could have put it better and the Bristol fans were temporarily subdued as they watched the UWE fans chant at their victorious rowers.

Remember to chant loud enough for your own ears to hear the mantra, and try to pronounce each syllable clearly.

The piece was at first called Chant de guerre de l'armee du Rhin, and only received its name of Marseillaise from its adoption by the Provençal volunteers whom Barbaroux introduced into Paris, and who were prominent in the storming of the Tuileries.

The list of his works includes hymns and national songs - among others, the famous Chant du depart; odes, Sur la mort de Mirabeau, Sur l'oligarchie de Robespierre, &c.; tragedies which never reached the stage, Brutus et Cassius, Philippe deux, Tibere; translations from Sophocles and Lessing, from Gray and Horace, from Tacitus and Aristotle; with elegies, dithyrambics and Ossianic rhapsodies.

Fortunately, however, the Gregorian canto fermo associated with it is of exceptional beauty and symmetry; and the great 16th century masters either, like Palestrina, left it to be sung as plain-chant, or obviated all occasion for dramatic expression by setting it in versicles (like their settings of the Magnificat and other canticles) for two groups of voices alternatively, or for the choir in alternation with the plain chant of the priests.

The widow who came to the judge did not offer to the judge some mantra or some chant or some recitation of ritual prayer.

Chant a mantra in your head if you need to, like "Concentrate" or "Focus."

Antiphonal Chant - A two minute section, this one is louder than the first, with trombones, trumpets, horns and cornets being joined by woodwinds for a spectacularly loud finish.

Simply have the kids hold the parachute and chant their number facts or letters as the walk, run, or hop around the chute.

As they started to tease him, Tim dropped to his knees, clasped his hands together and started to chant in an unintelligible language.

In folklore, Bloody Mary is a ghost who appears to those who chant her name into a mirror three times, nine times, thirteen times or a hundred times, depending on the version of the story.

A master of the chant kirtan, Das has been producing devotional yoga music for decades.

Individuals mentally chant a personalized mantra, made up of syllabic sounds, to promote increased relaxation and pure consciousness.

Still others choose to simply chant Bible versus or softly sing praise hymns while practicing yoga.

Once everything in a pyramid has gone up, usually the cheerleaders will strike some kind of pose such as a "Muscle Man" or chant and cheer.

A good chant can set the entire bleachers rocking and bellowing their support for their team.