Difference between revisions of "Carol"

<p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To sing, especially with joyful notes. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] round dance. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To praise or celebrate in song. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[Joyful]] music, as of a song. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) [[A]] song of praise of devotion; as, a [[Christmas]] or [[Easter]] carol. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) [[A]] song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. i.) To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) Alt. of Carrol </p>

<p> a hymn sung by the people at Christmas. "The Christmas carol may be traced to the primitive Church. Tertullian (advers. Gentil. 39) states that at their feasts it was customary for the [[Christians]] to place in the middle such as were able to sing, and call upon them to praise God in a hymn, either out of the [[Scriptures]] or of their own invention. [[Durand]] also informs us (Rel. 6:86, 9) that it was usual for the bishops on Christmas day to make sport, and even to sing with their clergy; and this custom was an imitation of the Gloria in excelsis of the angels, as we learn from [[Jeremy]] Taylor — "These blessed choristers had sung their Christmas carol, and taught the Church a hymn to put into her offices forever, on the anniversary of this festivity." For the popular carols of England, see Brand, [[Popular]] Antiquities, 1:262 sq.; Chambers, Book of Days, 2:747 sq. — Eadie, Ecclesiastes Dictionary, s.v.; Sandys, Christmas Carols, [[Ancient]] and Modern (Lond. 1833, 8vo). [[See]] [[Mysteries.]] </p>