Plain song

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	The Gregorian chant, or canto fermo; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave
	A simple melody.

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Plain chant plainsong			Here Don Quixote called out, "Child, child, go straight on with your story, and don't run into curves and slants, for to establish a fact clearly there is need of a great deal of proof and confirmation;" and said Master Pedro from within, "Boy, stick to your text and do as the gentleman bids you; it's the best plan; keep to your plain song, and don't attempt harmonies, for they are apt to break down from being over fine. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context More than once, in the choir, at the hour of the offices, his neighbor in the stalls had heard him mingle with the plain song, Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context			Plagueful Plagueless Plaguer plaguey Plaguily plaguy plaice Plaice mouth plaid Plaid Cymru plaided Plaiding plain Plain battle Plain chant Plain chart plain chocolate plain clothes Plain dealer Plain dealing plain flour Plain molding Plain People plain sailing Plain sewing Plain song plain speaking plain stitch plain text plain turkey plain vanilla plain wanderer plain weave plain-clothes Plain-dealing Plain-hearted plain-Jane plain-laid plain-spoken plain-woven Plainant plainchant plainclothes plainclothesman Plainfield Plaining plainly plainness plains Plains Indian plains lemon monarda			Plain old telephone service Plain old telephone service Plain old telephone service Plain Old Telephone Service and Pretty Amazing New Stuff Plain Old Telephone System Plain Old Telephone System Plain Old Television Plain Old Time Sharing Plain Old VoIP Service Plain Old XML Plain Paper Copier Plain Paper Optimized Printing Plain People plain quarters plain quarters plain quarters plain quarters Plain Queueing Flow Control plain rail plain reinforcement Plain rice pudding plain sailing plain sailing plain sense Plain sewing plain slicing plain slicing plain slicing plain slicing Plain Small End Plain song Plain songs Plain songs Plain speaking Plain speaking plain speech plain stitch Plain Test plain TeX plain text plain text plain text Plain Text Alternative Plain Text Clear to Send Plain Text Data Mode Plain Text Local Loopback Plain Text Markup Language Plain Text Monitor Plain Text Receiver Ready Plain Text Remote Loopback Plain Text Request to Send Plain Text Terminal Ready Plain Text Terminal Timing Plain Text Test Mode Plain Text User Interface plain tile plain tiles plain tract Plain treasure flower

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