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mensuralist

mensuralist adjective: of or pertaining to mensuralism.

Adjective

mensuralist (comparative more mensuralist, superlative most mensuralist)

  1. Of or pertaining to mensuralism.

Noun

mensuralist (plural mensuralists)

  1. One who believes that neumatic notation supports different rhythmic realizations of chant.

Forms of mensuralist

Adjective
comparativemore mensuralist
superlativemost mensuralist
Noun
pluralmensuralists

Origin of mensuralist

From mensural + -ist.

Questions about mensuralist

What does mensuralist mean?
Mensuralist means of or pertaining to mensuralism.
What part of speech is mensuralist?
Mensuralist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near mensuralist in the dictionary

  1. mensurable
  2. mensurably
  3. mensural
  4. mensural notation
  5. mensuralism
  6. mensuralist
  7. mensuralists
  8. mensurate
  9. mensurated
  10. mensurates
  11. mensurating

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