See Also: chant(1)(dictionary)
chant(2)(dictionary)
Byzantine chant(encyclopedia)
Gregorian chant(encyclopedia)
chant (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Gregorian chant(dictionary)
chant 1, verb(dictionary)
chant 2, noun(dictionary)
Chant-Airelle(tourism)

emergence (oh) and chant(1) (iou)


emergence (oh)



when something begins to be known or noticed
emergence of
::the emergence of Japan as a world leader
when someone or something comes out of a difficult experience
emergence from
::the company's emergence from bankruptcy

chant(1) (iou)



chant noun. . L17.
[from the verb: cf. Old & mod. French chant from Latin CANTUS.]
A song; singing. L17.
Milton Chant of tuneful birds.
Music. A short musical passage in two or more phrases each with a reciting note to which any number of syllables may be sung, for singing unmetrical words; a psalm, canticle, etc., so sung. L18.
Ambrosian chant, Gregorian chant, etc.
A measured monotonous song, a musical recitation of words; a singsong intonation in talk. E19.
George Eliot The clear-cut, emphatic chant which makes a truth doubly telling in Scottish utterance. R. Hoggart Rhyming chants survive, to accompany the Games.