Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unaccompanied, monophonic liturgical chant.
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- noun Style of
unaccompanied monophonic singing in the Catholic Church.
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- noun a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Saint Gregory I.]
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Named after Pope Gregory I (540-604), and certainly dating back to that time in some form, but the exact origin is a matter of ongoing research.
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