chant
chant1 /tʃɑːnt $ tʃænt/ 
verb [intransitive and transitive]
protesters chanting anti-government slogans
2. to sing or say a religious song or prayer in a way that involves using only one note or tone:
a priest chanting the liturgy
chant2 noun [countable]
1. words or phrases that are repeated again and again by a group of people:
Others in the crowd took up the chant (=began chanting).
chant of
chants of ‘oh no, we won’t go’
2. a regularly repeated tune, often with many words sung on one note, especially used for religious prayers
—chanter noun [countable]
| I |
verb [intransitive and transitive] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: chanter 'to sing', from Latin cantare, from canere
1. to repeat a word or phrase again and again:Language: Old French
Origin: chanter 'to sing', from Latin cantare, from canere
2. to sing or say a religious song or prayer in a way that involves using only one note or tone:
| II |
noun [countable]1. words or phrases that are repeated again and again by a group of people:
chant of
2. a regularly repeated tune, often with many words sung on one note, especially used for religious prayers
—chanter noun [countable]