- a variation of chant.
chaunt
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"But even a priest must chaunt the mass; eh, what?"
From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James
‘I had rather hear my mother’s cat mew, or a wheel grate on the axletree, than one of these same metre-ballad-mongers’ chaunt his incondite, retrograde lays, without rhyme and without reason.
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William
Behold thy bride!" the baron shrieks— "Wilt hear the wedding chaunt?
From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas
Four of the becchini hoist it on their shoulders, the frati break forth into their hoarse chaunt, and the procession sets out for the church.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
For thou, to keep thy body to thy soul, Must swing a censer, wear a holy stole, And chaunt Te Deums with unbelief between.
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles
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