Plural of chant

regular plural

The plural of chant is chants.

Forms of chant

Winnipeggers met Mayor Scott Gillingham’s affirmation of support for Lviv, Ukraine, with chants of “Slava Ukraini!2023 October 11, Aahan Rajput, “City council shows support for Ukrainian sister city […]”, in Gillian Brown, editor, The Manitoban, volume…. From the entry heroiam slava
At many skinhead concerts, bands led fans in swastika flag-waving and chants of Sieg Heil!2002, John Rodden, Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse: A History of Eastern German Education, page 202. From the entry Sieg Heil
"Inhale, outhale," a skinny black man in a dirty white T-shirt chants.2002, Jana Abrams Karam, Into the Breach: A Year of Life and Death with EMS, page 237. From the entry outhale
Monastic orders such as the Guillelmites had special chants for their patron, Guillelmus de Malavalle.2001, Revue belge de musicologie, Brussels: Société belge de musicologie, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10. From the entry Guillelmite
Thespis’ single actor served only to create an intermezzo between choral chants.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 19. From the entry intermezzo

verb To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
verb To sing or intone sacred text.
verb To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.

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