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GREGORIAN CHANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gregorian chant mean?
• GREGORIAN CHANT (noun)
The noun GREGORIAN CHANT has 1 sense:
1. a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I
Familiarity information: GREGORIAN CHANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory I
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Gregorian chant" is a kind of...):
plainchant; plainsong ((Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line)
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