semibreve

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Now, my father could have sung several of the old church-tunes middling well in his own family-circle; but it so happened that, when mounted in the desk, he never could command the starting notes of any but one (St. Paul's), which were always in undue readiness at the root of his tongue, to the exclusion of every other semibreve in the whole range of sacred melody.

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  1. noun Chiefly British A whole note in music.

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  1. Also semibrief; = French semi-brève = Spanish Portuguese semibreve, from Italian semibreve, from semi-, half, + breve, a short note: see semi- and breve, brief.
 

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/ˈsɛmɪbriv/
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