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chaunt

chaunt is the obsolete spelling of chant.

Meaning of chant

Noun

chant (plural chants)

  1. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
  2. A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
    1. (Anglicanism) 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.
  3. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
    • His strange face, his strange chant.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
  4. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

See all 10 meanings of chant

Forms of chaunt

Noun
pluralchaunts
Verb
third-person singular presentchaunts
present participlechaunting
past participlechaunted
pastchaunted

Questions about chaunt

What is chaunt the obsolete spelling of?
Chaunt is the obsolete spelling of chant.

Words near chaunt in the dictionary

  1. chaunged
  2. chaunges
  3. chaunging
  4. chaunk
  5. chauns
  6. chaunt
  7. chaunted
  8. chaunter
  9. chaunters
  10. chaunting
  11. chauntings

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