chaunt

American  

[chawnt, chahnt] / tʃɔnt, tʃɑnt /

noun

1. an obsolete variant of chant.

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chaunt British  

/ tʃɔːnt /

noun

1. a less common variant of chant

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Other Word Forms

• chaunter noun

Example Sentences

Maria Maggiore, halting here, chaunt the antiphon, Regina cœli, l�tare.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

In a monotonous whispered chaunt, Betty promised: "I will not tell at primrose tide, At cherry tide I'll silent be, At barley harvest I'll be dumb Till Christmas come and set me free."

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

There was a sound of chains, then the chaunt arose in chorus which was become, through the irony of fate, so piteous a mockery: 'What rights the brave?

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

And there we sat till the melancholy chaunt of the sereno outside told us it was five o'clock, and, with the blessing of God, a fine morning.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright

At intervals she sang: but what she sang was more like a low muttered chaunt, than a regular song: at least Bertram understood not a word of it, if words they were that escaped her.

From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by De Quincey, Thomas