Definitions for chant
tʃænt, tʃɑntchant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. chantverb

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

2. chant, intone, intonate, cantillateverb

   recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

   "The rabbi chanted a prayer"

3. tone, chant, intoneverb

   utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

   "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chantnoun

   Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

2. chantverb

   To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

3. Etymology: From chanter, from canto

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. To CHANTverb

   Etymology: chanter, Fr.

   1. To sing.

   Wherein the chearful birds of sundry kind
   Do chant sweet musick. Fairy Queen, b. i. c. vii.

   2. To celebrate by song.

   The poets chant it in the theatres, the shepherds in the mountains. John Bramhall.

   3. To sing in the cathedral service.

3. 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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chantverb

   to utter with a melodious voice; to sing

2. Chantverb

   to celebrate in song

3. Chantverb

   to sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant

4. Chantverb

   to make melody with the voice; to sing

5. Chantverb

   to sing, as in reciting a chant

6. Chantverb

   song; melody

7. 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

8. Chantverb

   a psalm, etc., arranged for chanting

9. Chantverb

   twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone

10. Etymology: [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. chant

   Song lyrics by chant -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by chant on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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Anagrams for chant »

1. natch

How to pronounce chant?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of chant in a Sentence

1. The Trojans:

   The offensive chant from our student section directed towards BYU during the football game last night does not align with our Trojan values.

2. Executive Blaine Ayers:

   We are focused on trying to determine the root of this song or this chant, where it came from, and that's our primary focus. Unfortunately it's been difficult to get some of that communication because the young men have spread... But we are doing our best to get to the bottom of it.

3. Adam Yu:

   We were ordered to memorize a series of slogans, when we were practicing bayonet, we were required to follow the instructions of the squad leader with a specific chant for each movement, and we had to repeat it in the exam.

4. Joseph Uscinski:

   He is clearly endorsing QAnon in the video. Whether he believes the conspiracy theory is another matter, the' Where General Flynn and I both go one, General Flynn and I both go all' chant makes it clear. It is a QAnon saying. Further, the QAnon folks have all been taking this' pledge' lately online and posting it.

5. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   Last week, I was just in Israel. ... And then when I come back, I see two colleagues, who went and participated with a group that has a leader that many times gives you anti-Semitic views, led a chant for( Russian President Vladimir) Putin. To me, it was appalling and wrong, there's no place in our party for any of this.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chant
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chant
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chant
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chant
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chant
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html