plainchant

plain·chant  (plnchnt)

n.

See plainsong.

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[French plain-chant (translation of Medieval Latin cantus plnus) : plain, plain; see plain + chant, song; see chant.]

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plainchant [ˈpleɪnˌtʃɑːnt]

n

(Music, other) another name for plainsong

[from French, rendering Medieval Latin cantus plānus; see plain¹]

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Noun

1.

plainchant - a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church Gregorian chant, plainsong chant - a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone cantus firmus - a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition