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PLAINSONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line
Synonyms:
plainchant; plainsong
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("plainsong" 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 "plainsong"):
Gregorian chant (a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I)
