chaunt

[ chawnt, chahnt ]

noun

1. an obsolete variant of chant.

chaunt

/ tʃɔːnt /

noun

1. a less common variant of chant

Derived Forms

• ˈchaunter, noun

Example Sentences

It appeared as a chorus of many voices intoning some solemn chaunt.

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She listens to choirs of angels, joining worthily with them in the celestial chaunt!

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In the evening it was the custom for the canons to chaunt vespers with great pomp.

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Thence he returned to college and adjourned to the chapel to shew how genteely he dresses, and how well he can chaunt.

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As daylight faded I have watched the swinging torches and low chaunt of those who carried the Host to some passing soul.

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