Gregorian chant
English
Etymology
Named after Pope Gregory I (540–604), and certainly dating back to that time in some form, but the exact origin is a matter of ongoing research.
Noun
Gregorian chant (countable and uncountable, plural Gregorian chants)
- (music) A style of unaccompanied monophonic singing in the Catholic Church.
Translations
unaccompanied monotonic singing style
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