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Meanings of plainchant in inglês

português
canto gregoriano
catalão
cant gregorià
espanhol
canto llano

A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church.

canto gregoriano
Synonyms
Examples for "plainsong"
Examples for "plainsong"
1
At a pause in the plainsong one of the tapers was put out.
A Time of Gifts
2
Worship, plainsong, good liturgy, space and stillness provide solace for body, mind and heart.
The Irish Times
3
Instead, he turned to early music; to plainsong; and to the beginnings of polyphony.
Radio NZ
4
The definition of plainsong is unaccompanied unison singing in Latin.
The Irish Times
5
Then with a surge rose up the plainsong melody.
Lourdes
1
In his residence at Rome, he was delighted with the Gregorian chant.
The Life of Hugo Grotius / With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Eccl...
2
Any minute you expect a Gregorian chant to moan softly in the background.
The Irish Times
3
There, she fell in love with the complexities of Gregorian chant.
The Irish Times
4
Outside and down that road by St. Patrick's Cathedral I hear the Gregorian chant.
The ginger man
5
It calls on both Gregorian chant and Hebraic elements and is subtitled Poème mystique.
The Irish Times
Usage of plainchant in inglês
1
The Christian church's requirement for music of calculated restraint produced foundational works ranging from early plainchant to 16th-century polyphony and beyond.
The Irish Times
Frequent collocations
Translations for plainchant