Definition of canto

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Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..

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Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poe.
Bernese :: Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants..
Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..
Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..
Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce..
Sail :: Sail (n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small community or clan.
Passus :: Passus (n.) A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit..
Cantoral :: Cantoral (a.) Of or belonging to a cantor.
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..
Cantoris :: Cantoris (a.) Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall..
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..
Canto :: Canto (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.
Avoyer :: Avoyer (n.) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Cantonment :: Cantonment (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters..
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.
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..
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