plainchant meaning

Noun: plainchant  pleynchaant

1. A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
   - plainsong, Gregorian chant

Derived forms: plainchants

Type of: chant

Encyclopedia: Plainchant

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1. the shape of noteheads has differed historically, as in plainchant
2. the tallis fantasia grows out of the simplest renaissance plainchant into glowing string textures of ravishing beauty
3. It contains one of the few remaining examples of Celtic Plainchant.
4. Clausulae eventually became used as substitutes for passages of original plainchant.
5. A low plainchant performed by a 24-voice male chorus.