Definition of canto

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Canto (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

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Bernese :: Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.
Cantoned :: Cantoned (imp. & p. p.) of Canto.
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..
Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melod.
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small community or clan.
Grisons :: Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.
Decani :: Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side..
Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..
Senate :: Senate (n.) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons..
Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..
Duan :: Duan (n.) A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement..
Cantor :: Cantor (n.) A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.
Cantoon :: Cantoon (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble..
Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..
Cantoris :: Cantoris (a.) Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall..
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