English

Alternative spellings
plainsong

Noun
plain-song

1. music The unisonous vocal music which has been used in the Christian church from its earliest centuries.
2. music A cantus firmus or theme chosen for contrapuntal treatment; so called because often an actual fragment of plain-song.
3. music The simple notes of an air, without ornament or variation; hence, a plain, unexaggerated statement.

References
R:Century 1911

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