单词 | plainsong |
释义 | plainsong /playn"sawng', -song'/, n. 1. the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times. 2. modal liturgical music; Gregorian chant. 3. a cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal development. 4. any simple and unadorned melody or air. Also, plain song. Also called plainchant (for defs. 1, 2). [1505-15; trans. of ML cantus planus] |
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