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plainsong

American  
[pleyn-sawng, -song] / ˈpleɪnˌsɔŋ, -ˌsɒŋ /
Or plain song

noun

  1. the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.

  2. modal liturgical music; Gregorian chant.

  3. a cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal development.

  4. any simple and unadorned melody or air.

plainsong British  
/ ˈpleɪnˌsɒŋ /

noun

  1. Also called: plainchant.  the style of unison unaccompanied vocal music used in the medieval Church, esp in Gregorian chant

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Etymology

Origin of plainsong

1505–15; translation of Medieval Latin cantus plānus

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