Definition of chants Chants

/ʧæˈnts/ - [chants] -

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What does chants mean?

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Noun Plural: chants
chant - a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
		religious song religious music for singing
Verb chants, chanting, chanted
chant - recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
		intone, intonate, cantillate
		sing to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
		singsong speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong
chant - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
		tone, intone
		mouth, utter, verbalise, verbalize, speak, talk articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"

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chant (Noun)
Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
chant (Verb)
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

chant (v. t.)
To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
chant (v. t.)
To celebrate in song.
chant (v. t.)
To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.
chant (v. i.)
To make melody with the voice; to sing.
chant (v. i.)
To sing, as in reciting a chant.
chant (v. t.)
Song; melody.
chant (v. t.)
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.
chant (v. t.)
A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
chant (v. t.)
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

chant
chant, v.t. to sing: to celebrate in song: to recite in a singing manner: to sell horses fraudulently.—n. song: melody: a kind of sacred music, in which prose is sung.—ns. Chant′er, Chant′or, a singer: a precentor: in a bagpipe, the pipe with finger-holes, on which the melody is played: one who cries up horses; Chant′ress; Chant′ry, an endowment, or chapel, for the chanting of masses; Chant′y, a sailor's song, usually with a drawling refrain, sung in concert while raising the anchor, &c. [Fr. chanter—L. cantāre, canĕre, to sing.]