plainchant

American

[pleyn-chant, -chahnt] / ˈpleɪnˌtʃænt, -ˌtʃɑnt /

noun

plainsong.

plainchant British

/ ˈpleɪnˌtʃɑːnt /

noun

another name for plainsong

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Etymology

Origin of plainchant

1720–30; plain ¹ + chant, modeled on French plain-chant

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Plainchant is our only audible link with the musicians of the first thousand years ad.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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