organa

¹ American

[awr-guh-nuh] / ˈɔr gə nə /

noun

a plural of organon.

organa ² American

[awr-guh-nuh] / ˈɔr gə nə /

noun

a plural of organum.

organa British

/ ˈɔːɡənə /

noun

a plural of organon organum

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Winchester’s Troper of two-voice organa manuscripts and its mighty four- hundred-voice pipe organ were the work of Anglo-Saxon Christians.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

A commentator on Aristotle, writing in the 4th century A.D., calls certain instruments used for fusion and calcination "chuika organa," that is, instruments for melting and pouring.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison

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