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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19557" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19557" /> == | ||
<p> Is used for the vocal music of churches. In church history we meet with divers kinds of these; as, 1. [[Chant]] Ambrosian, established by St. Ambrose; </p> <p> 2. Chant Gregorian, introduced by pope [[Gregory]] the Great, who established schools of chanters, and corrected the church music. This, at first, was called the [[Roman]] song; afterwards the plain song; as the choir and people sing in unison. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39459" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39459" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58831" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58831" /> == | ||
<p> CHANT, </p> 1. To sing to utter a melodious voice that is, to cant or throw the voice in modulations. <p> The cheerful birds do chant sweet music. </p> 2. To celebrate in song as, to chant the praises of Jehovah. 3. To sing, as in church-service to repeat words in a kind of canting voice, with modulations. | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99398" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (v. t.) To celebrate in song. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (v. t.) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (v. t.) To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (v. t.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (v. t.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (v. t.) Song; melody. </p> <p> (7): </p> <p> (v. i.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. </p> <p> (8): </p> <p> (v. t.) A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting. </p> <p> (9): </p> <p> (v. i.) To make melody with the voice; to sing. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2272" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2272" /> == | ||
<p> (פרט , <i> '''''pāraṭ''''' </i> ): Occurs only once in the King James Version in Amos 6:5 , and the meaning of the [[Hebrew]] is uncertain. <i> '''''Pāraṭ''''' </i> corresponds to an [[Arabic]] root meaning to anticipate. It may therefore signify to improvise, to sing without care or preparation. the [[Revised]] Version (British and American) "to sing idle songs" suits the context. See Driver, <i> Joel and Amos </i> . </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31563" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31563" /> == | ||
<p> (פָּרִט , parat´, to chatter, spoken contemptuously; Sept. ἐπικρατέω ) occurs only in Amos 6:5, where the passage, "That chant to the sound of the viol," may be rendered, "That sing to the sound of the harp." The Chaldee, Syriac, and [[Vulgate]] read, "who sing to the sound of the psaltery;" and the margin of our version gives "quaver." [[Josephus]] informs us that the instrument here termed nebel was of a triangular shape, and carried in the hand. In the paintings on the monuments at [[Thebes]] we find players on the harp in the act of singing to the sound of their own music. (See the cut below.) [[Similar]] scenes are depicted on the [[Assyrian]] monuments. (See [[Music]]). Both among the [[Jews]] and the [[Egyptians]] musical instruments were chiefly played upon by women: the Psalmist, describing a musical procession,' says, "The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels" (Psalms 68:25). (See [[Harp]]). </p> <p> (cantus, a song), the word employed in the early [[Church]] to designate the vocal music of the congregation. The term was applied, later, to special tunes adapted to prose; e.g. the Ambrosian, established by St. Ambrose, and the Gregorian, introduced by [[Pope]] [[Gregory]] the Great, who established schools of chanters, and corrected the Church music. This, at first, was called the [[Roman]] song; afterwards the plain song, as the choir and people sing in unison. In modern liturgical worship, the word designates the musical performance of all those parts of a prose liturgy which are permitted to be sung or recited in a musical tone. In a wider sense, it is used to denote those forms of sacred music in which prose (e.g. passages of Scripture) is sung in simple harmonies. (See [[Music]]). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_19557"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/chant Chant from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_39459"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/chant Chant from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_58831"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/chant Chant from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_99398"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/chant Chant from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2272"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/chant Chant from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31563"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/chant Chant from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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