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tonary

tonary noun: a liturgical book in the Western Christian Church which lists Gregorian chants according to the Gregorian mode or tonus of their melodies within the eight-mode system.

Noun

tonary (plural tonaries)

  1. A liturgical book in the Western Christian Church which lists Gregorian chants according to the Gregorian mode or tonus of their melodies within the eight-mode system.

Forms of tonary

pluraltonaries

Questions about tonary

What does tonary mean?
Tonary means a liturgical book in the Western Christian Church which lists Gregorian chants according to the Gregorian mode or tonus of their melodies within the eight-mode system.
What part of speech is tonary?
Tonary is a noun.
What is the plural of tonary?
The plural of tonary is tonaries.

Words near tonary in the dictionary

  1. tonals
  2. Tonambam
  3. toname
  4. tonames
  5. tonaries
  6. tonary
  7. tonas
  8. Tonasket
  9. tonation
  10. tonations
  11. Tonawanda

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