What does chant mean?
Definitions for chant
tʃænt, tʃɑntchant
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word chant.
Princeton's WordNet
chantverb
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
chant, intone, intonate, cantillateverb
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
"The rabbi chanted a prayer"
tone, chant, intoneverb
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
Wiktionary
chantnoun
Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
chantverb
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
Etymology: From chanter, from canto
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Chantnoun
Song; melody.
Etymology: from the verb.
A pleasant grove,
With chant of tuneful birds resounding loud. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 290.To CHANTverb
Etymology: chanter, Fr.
Wherein the chearful birds of sundry kind
Do chant sweet musick. Fairy Queen, b. i. c. vii.The poets chant it in the theatres, the shepherds in the mountains. John Bramhall.
To Chantverb
To sing; to make melody with the voice.
They chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick. Amos, vi. 7.
Heav’n heard his song, and hasten’d his relief;
And chang’d to snowy plumes his hoary hair,
And wing’d his flight, to chant aloft in air. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Chant
A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).
ChatGPT
chant
A chant is a rhythmic, repetitive series of words, phrases, or sounds delivered in a sing-song or monotonous manner. It can be done in groups as part of collective worship, rituals, protests, celebrations, or performances. It can also be done singularly, in practices such as meditation or sports.
Webster Dictionary
Chantverb
to utter with a melodious voice; to sing
Chantverb
to celebrate in song
Chantverb
to sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant
Chantverb
to make melody with the voice; to sing
Chantverb
to sing, as in reciting a chant
Chantverb
song; melody
Chantverb
a short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music
Chantverb
a psalm, etc., arranged for chanting
Chantverb
twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone
Etymology: [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]
Freebase
Chant
Chant is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chant
chant, v.t. to sing: to celebrate in song: to recite in a singing manner: to sell horses fraudulently.—n. song: melody: a kind of sacred music, in which prose is sung.—ns. Chant′er, Chant′or, a singer: a precentor: in a bagpipe, the pipe with finger-holes, on which the melody is played: one who cries up horses; Chant′ress; Chant′ry, an endowment, or chapel, for the chanting of masses; Chant′y, a sailor's song, usually with a drawling refrain, sung in concert while raising the anchor, &c. [Fr. chanter—L. cantāre, canĕre, to sing.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CHANT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chant is ranked #33856 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Chant surname appeared 672 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chant.
84.6% or 569 total occurrences were White.
7.5% or 51 total occurrences were Asian.
4.1% or 28 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.8% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of chant in a Sentence
It's a rock and a hard place. I can't be as upset at that lady. I'm upset at the fraternity because what they're saying is a chant that's just completely disrespectful to the black race. As far as that lady goes -- man, that's an old lady, man. Let that lady be. it's hard to ridicule somebody for something that you continue to use in your music.
they see their dreams and aspirations crumble in front of their face, and all their wicked intentions to destroy the human race- we must use reggae music to chant down babylon. All forums of elite domination must be destroyed, and we use reggae music to do it.
There are certain sayings that ring in your head long enough to become a chant!
I was shocked they were just doing it openly on the bus, like they were proud of it, from the chant, you could tell they had done it before. It wasn't a first-time thing. And it was everybody. And the fist-pumping.
my reggae music was created to chant down babylon. I/we said-they see their dreams and aspirations crumble in front of their face, and all of their wicked intentions to destroy the human race- my reasonings with bob marley and the trench town people put into song.
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