chaunt

[ chawnt, chahnt ]

/ tʃɔnt, tʃɑnt /

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noun, verb (used with or without object)

an obsolete variant of chant.

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How to use chaunt in a sentence

It appeared as a chorus of many voices intoning some solemn chaunt.
The Tiger Hunter|Mayne Reid
She listens to choirs of angels, joining worthily with them in the celestial chaunt!
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844|Various
In the evening it was the custom for the canons to chaunt vespers with great pomp.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Thence he returned to college and adjourned to the chapel to shew how genteely he dresses, and how well he can chaunt.
Rowlandson's Oxford|A. Hamilton Gibbs

As daylight faded I have watched the swinging torches and low chaunt of those who carried the Host to some passing soul.
Italian Alps|Douglas William Freshfield

British Dictionary definitions for chaunt

chaunt

/ (tʃɔːnt) /

noun, verb

a less common variant of chant

Derived forms of chaunt

chaunter, noun

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