Definition of Plain-song

1. Noun. (music) The unisonous vocal music which has been used in the Christian church from its earliest centuries. ¹

2. Noun. (music) A cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal treatment; so called because often an actual fragment of plain-song. ¹

3. Noun. (music) The simple notes of an air, without ornament or variation; hence, a plain, unexaggerated statement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plain-song

plaices
plaided
plaiding
plaidings
plaidman
plaidmen
plaidoyer
plaidoyers
plaids
plaigiarism
plain
plain-clothes
plain-hearted
plain-paper
plain-song (current term)
plain-winged antshrike
plain-winged antshrikes
plain-woven
plain Jane
plain Janes
plain and simple
plain as a pikestaff
plain as the nose on one's face
plain clothes
plain film
plain flour
plain line
plain lined
plain lines

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