Canto

kan′tō, n. division of a song or poem: the treble or leading melody.— n. Can′tor , the leader of the singing in a church, a precentor.— adjs. Cantō′rial ; Cantō′ris (gen. of L. cantor ), of or belonging to the cantor or precentor.— n. Can′tus , a melody, esp. an ecclesiastical style of music.— Canto fermo , the simple melody of the hymns and chants used in the Christian Church of the West from the earliest times. [It.,—L. cantus — canĕre , to sing.]