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Gregorian chant

noun
🔊/ɡrɪˌɡɔːriən ˈtʃɑːnt/
🔊/ɡrɪˌɡɔːriən ˈtʃænt/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a type of church music for voices alone, used since the Middle Ages格里高利圣咏（自中世纪以来教堂演唱的无伴奏圣歌）
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: named after St Gregory the Great (in Latin Gregorius), who is said to have standardized it.