See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. cantare, to sing; an old See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is " chaunt ")  , a See also:

• SONG

song or See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody, particularly one sung according to the rules of See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church service-books . For an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• CHANT (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. cantare, to sing; an old form is " chaunt ")

chant or cant us firmus of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Church see See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

PLAIN-SONG . In the See also:

• ENGLISH

English church " chants " are the tunes set to the unmetrical verses of the See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

psalms and See also:

• CANTICLES

canticles . The chant consisted of an " intonation " followed by a reciting See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of indefinite length; a " See also:

• MEDIATION (Lat. medius, middle)

mediation " closed the first See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, leading to a second reciting note; a " termination " closed the second part of the verse . In the English chant the " intonation " disappeared . Chants are " single," if written for one verse only, " See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double," if for two . " Quadruple " chants for four verses have also been written .