PLAINSONG

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line

Synonyms:

plainchant; plainsong

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("plainsong" is a kind of...):

chant (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plainsong"):

Gregorian chant (a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I)