voluntary
adjective
done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice.
voluntaries
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pluralof voluntary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Usually these voluntaries were real milk-and-water affairs," he recalled, "but one day the organist did something really wild, which was thrilling.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2012
I am afraid Henrietta was not always faithful to Bach and Beethoven in her voluntaries.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Mary Alsop King Waddington
You are giving us voluntaries from 'Orpheus,' instead of the funeral march.
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
I thought the service would never end, or the organist's voluntaries, or the preacher's homily.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
I always tell our organist to play soft voluntaries and pull out his sweetest stops, so that he may make music which will creep into the spirit and rouse all its capacities for worship.
From Glories of Spain by Charles W. (William) Wood
