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Word used in common speech to denote any
vocal melody or song, especially of a slow
and solemn character; in music, a type of
simple melody used in services of the
Christian Church, for singing psalms and
canticles, and in some forms of Buddhism. The
Ambrosian and Gregorian chants are forms of
plainsong melody.