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    PLAINCHANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic lineplay

    Synonyms:

    plainchant; plainsong

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("plainchant" is a kind of...):

    chant (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)

    Domain category:

    Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plainchant"):

    Gregorian chant (a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I)

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