Ambrosian chant

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	the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.
	in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. - each of these six parts ending with a common refrain.

See also: Ambrosian, Chant

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The Belford Singers will perform music from the 16th Century to the present day, while Exeter Camerata's music is sourced from a Fourth Century Ambrosian Chant.

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The Milwaukee archbishop said he will make his headquarters in a Benedictine monastery in New Jersey and plans to travel to Milan, Italy, probably in March, for further work on his doctoral dissertation on medieval Ambrosian chant.

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John Chrysostom and end with a discussion of their attitude toward music, discovered most of the time only in their literary writings, with the exception of the Ambrosian Chants. Chapters 9 and 10 crystallize the findings of the previous historico-biographical sketches.