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cantus [ˈkæntəs]

n pl -tus

1. (Music / Classical Music) a medieval form of church singing; chant

2. (Music / Classical Music) Also called canto the highest part in a piece of choral music

3. (Music / Classical Music) (in 15th- or 16th-century music) a piece of choral music, usually secular, in polyphonic style

[Latin: song, from canere to sing]

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