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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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 song or cant.
Cantoral :: Cantoral (a.) Of or belonging to a cantor.
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..
Passus :: Passus (n.) A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit..
Cantoning :: Cantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canto.
Cantoon :: Cantoon (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Landamman :: Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poe.
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..
Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small community or clan.
Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
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.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..
Cantonal :: Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.
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..
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