Synonyms:
chant
Meaning: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
Meaning: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
Synonyms:
tone, chant, intone
Meaning: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
Usage examples
The mournful chant still went on.
Others took it up, until the walls of the building shook with a mighty chant.
"Evil spirits", according to a Babylonian chant, were "the bitter venom of the gods".
Small the theme of my Chant, yet the greatest--namely, One's-Self-- a simple, separate person.
The words of this chant I could not make out, but the melancholy strain affected me in spite of myself.
And when he heard her chant these lines he ended his recitation of the chapter, and began also to sing and repeated the following couplet,
The chant came to an end, and the three gracious epithets in which it closes were full of wailing, and the children's voices were very high.
You will then, pardon me, Alice, should I diminish your enjoyments, by requesting this gentleman to postpone his chant until a safer opportunity."
As the Kohen reached the summit there arose a strange sound--a mournful, plaintive chant, which seemed to be sung chiefly by the paupers at the base of the pyramid.
In the religious tales music is always one of the delights of heaven; and a chief function of the angels who attend on God is to chant music of ineffable sweetness to Him, which they generally do in the shape of beautiful white birds.