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CHANTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of singing in a monotonous tone
Synonyms:
chanting; intonation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("chanting" is a kind of...):
singing; vocalizing (the act of singing vocal music)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chanting"):
cantillation (liturgical chanting)
Derivation:
chant (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb chant