2. Noun. A singing of carols. ¹
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Definition of Carolling
1. carol [v] - See also: carol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carolling
Literary usage of Carolling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... purchased of the minstrel who was carolling forth the ditty. The sheet on
which it is printed also contains a song acquainting us “ How five and twenty ..."
2. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"That cometh from the thorny wood, Biddeth me ever that I shall sing For her dear
love in carolling." FROM CURSOR MUNDI (c. 1300) (Unknown Author) THE FLIGHT ..."
3. Time Flies: A Reading Diary by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1886)
"... of the dark : When lo ! the light shook off its nightly cowl, And up to heaven
flashed carolling a lark, And all creation sang its hymn anew. October 5. ..."
4. The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen (1906)
"The sound grew louder, and I woke to hear the carolling of a large choir in the
passage outside our door. They had been singing at the Eskimo houses all ..."
5. Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1874)
"... and up from the grass, which those obscene steps had profaned, sprang the lark
carolling. But ere the sun had dispelled the dews on the forest sward, ..."
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