chant
Other forms: chanting; chanted; chants
A chant is a type of song with a repetitive, monotonous structure. It’s also something sports fans love to do. At the Olympics, some Americans chant, “USA! USA! USA!”
In addition to being something fans like to yell together, a chant is a traditional form in a lot of religious music. There are Catholic chants, Hindu chants, Jewish chants, and the list goes on. Because of this type of music, “to chant” means “to repeat something in a monotone or repetitive way.” Chants have no harmony or instruments, only a simple rhythm and a lot of repetition.
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a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single toneexamples:Hallel(Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh HodeshHare Krishnaa chant to the Hindu god Krishnatypes:cantus firmusa melody used as the basis for a polyphonic compositiontype of:religious songreligious music for singing
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utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
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recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm“The rabbi chanted a prayer”synonyms: cantillate, intonate, intone
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