plainchant

[pleyn-chant, -chahnt]

noun

plainsong(defs 1, 2).

Origin of plainchant

1720–30; plain¹ + chant, modeled on French plain-chant

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British Dictionary definitions for plainchant

plainchant

noun

another name for plainsong

Word Origin for plainchant

C18: from French, rendering Medieval Latin cantus plānus; see plain 1

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