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cantions

cantions is the plural of cantion.

Meaning of cantion

Noun

cantion (plural cantions)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A song, poem or incantation.
    • the same person was brought in singing a Cantion of Colin's making1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Questions about cantions

What is cantions the plural of?
Cantions is the plural of cantion.

Words near cantions in the dictionary

  1. cantings
  2. cantinière
  3. cantinières
  4. Cantins
  5. cantion
  6. cantions
  7. cantish
  8. cantitruncated
  9. cantitruncation
  10. cantitruncations
  11. cantle

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