Anglican chant

American  

noun

1. a harmonized, strictly metrical chant to which canticles, psalms, and other liturgical texts are sung in the Anglican Church.

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Example Sentences

The average Anglican chant is one of the most unimaginative, unpoetical things in the world.

From The Green Carnation by Hichens, Robert Smythe

This often takes place at the beginning of the sentence, as may be seen from the structure of the so-called Anglican chant, familiar to all Protestants, e.g.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond