CANTO

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

2.
n.

The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano. Canto fermo ( Etym: [It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.


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