Definition of Gregorian chant

1. Noun. A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church.

Exact synonyms: Plainchant, Plainsong
Generic synonyms: Chant
Specialized synonyms: Cantus Firmus

Definition of Gregorian chant

1. Noun. Style of unaccompanied monophonic singing in the Catholic Church. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gregorian Chant

Greenwich Village
Greeny
Greeves
Greg
Greg Norman
Gregarina
Gregarinia
Gregarinida
Gregg
Gregg Shorthand
Gregor
Gregor Mendel
Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar month
Gregorian chant (current term)
Gregorian mode
Gregorian telescope
Gregory
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
Gregory I
Gregory John Norman
Gregory Nazianzen
Gregory Pincus
Gregory VII
Gregory XIII
Gregory of Nazianzen
Gregory the Great
Gregson
Greig

Literary usage of Gregorian chant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... than in the Gregorian chant. The Gregorian melodies, however, nave more individuality and characteristic expression. Though it is very doubtful whether ..."

2. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"Wilfrid's monasteries become centres of public education. — Services which he renders to the arts; music, spread of the Gregorian chant. ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"Gregorian chant, a method of singing the psalms and litanies of the church introduced ... Notwithstanding the monotony of the Gregorian chant, its extreme ..."

4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1880)
"The innovation of four plagal modes was not the only element in the Gregorian chant that distinguished it from the Ambrosian. If no other difference had ..."

5. Christian Archaeology by Charles W Bennett (1888)
"... neither these simple modes, nor even the improved and perfected modes of the Gregorian chant, could satisfy the restless and fiery spirit of the East. ..."

6. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
"... well might one expect oil and water to mingle as for a master of religious melody like Mendelssohn to tolerate the severe monotony of a Gregorian chant. ..."

7. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Gregorian chant, a method of singing the psalms and litanies of the church, ... Notwithstanding the monotony of the Gregorian chant, its extreme simplicity ..."

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