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Webster 1913 Edition

(chȧnt′ĭng)

Noun.

Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.

Chanting falcon

(Zool.)

an African falcon (

Melierax canorus or musicus

). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

ppr.

Singing; uttering a melodious voice; repeating words with a singing voice.

Noun.

The act of singing, or uttering with a song.

chanting

chanting ‎(usually uncountable, plural chantings)

Singing, especially as a chant is sung.

I remember much chanting in church during my childhood.

the Synod of Aberdeen forbade 'chantings and choruses' at funerals