chant : Idioms & Phrases

• the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.

Webster 1913

• F., in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. each of these six parts ending with a common refrain.

Webster 1913

• noun a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
  plainchant; plainsong.
  

WordNet

• (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called "the Great") in the 6th century.

Webster 1913

• (Mus.) Same as Plain song, below.

Webster 1913

• to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. Thackeray.

Webster 1913