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Meanings of chants in English
Russian
песнопение Broad type of religious songs, predominantly based on speaking or singing rhythmically, in words or sounds.
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Examples for "chant"
Examples for "chant"
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The chant I heard was as follows, but others are sometimes used:
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Weary male voices chant 'One, two, free!', followed by a chain-clanking thump.
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They would often chant common protest slogans between song breaks at TTN.
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Record how long the chant was able to fend off stray thoughts.
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Not in a day could he learn to chant in noble verse.
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This will include abuse through social media messaging and chanting at grounds.
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The far right called out the mayor by name, chanting antisemitic slurs.
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Later, thousands streamed back in the opposite direction chanting, We want peace.
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Reuters journalists have not witnessed the opposition chanting in support of Khomeini.
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Reuters journalists have not witnessed the opposition chanting in support of Khamenei.
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The climactic clash ends in a last verse of the opening phrase, as of primal, religious chant.
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As he watched, the song which Dick had sung came like a monotonous, religious chant within him:
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They are full of echoes, of religious chant, Armenian folk music, all blended into a free-flowing, often long-stepping melodic style.
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A religious chant terminated the ceremonies, and the couple left the church amid the sound of horns and the firing of guns.
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Sometimes it was religious chanting mixed with Viennese waltzes.
Usage of chants in English
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Years later vitriolic supporters still resorted to chants calling him a paedophile.
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Protestantism glories in its sermons as much as Catholicism in its chants.
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They must be in there singing their chants good and loud by-
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There were chants in favour of Osama bin Laden throughout the game.
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In the doorways soft-eyed Syrian women rocked their babies to drowsy chants.
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All your Shingon chants and invocations and miracles he has faith in.
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Your chants, O year all mottled with evil and good-yearof forebodings!
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The eyes of the goddess sparkle while listening to our enthusiastic chants.
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What are the wittiest chants you have heard at a football match?
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I love to hear the mournful chants of the white-robed, solemn priests.
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Evidently, she still remembered the most popular chants for the activity too.
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Then it expands the realm of its conquests, and chants its successes.
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A university president intersperses his commencement address with satanic chants and noises.
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We told them and they are coming, one of the chants ran.
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He saw the church hung with black, he heard the funeral chants.
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Add in impassioned chants and stirring ballads and there's something for everyone.
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Chants through the time
Chants across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common