plainchant

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plainchant

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From French plain-chant, from plain + chant, calque of Latin cantus planus.

noun plainchants

countable, uncountable Synonym of plainsong.
Similar: plainsong

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"plainchant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/plainchant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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plainchant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/plainchant

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"plainchant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/plainchant.

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@misc{plainchant_2026,
  title = {plainchant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plainchant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}