Chant

chant, v.t to sing to celebrate in song to recite in a singing manner.—n. song: melody a kind of sacred music, in which prose is sung. [Fr. chanter [It. cant are)—L. canto—cano, to sing.] Chanter, chant' er, one who chants: a chief singer the tenor or treble pipe of a bagpipe. Chanticleer, chant' 1-kler, n. a cock [M.E. chaunte-cleer from Chant and Clear.] Chantry, chant' tu an endowed chapel in which 68 ftte, 0r mi. her mine Character ma es are chanted for the souls of the donors or — others. [O. Fr. chan terie ckanter, to sing.] Chaos, ka os, n. a confused, shapele ma disorder the state of matter before was reduced — to order by the Creator. [L. and Gr. chaos root ha, to gape, seen also in Gr. chains, chad, to gape, to yawn.] [disordered. Chaotlo, ka-ot'ik, adj like chaos: confused or Chap, chap or chop, v.t., to cut: to cleave, split, or crack. v to crack or open in slits '.—jr.p. chapp'ing; pa.p. chapped', chapt. [E. Dut. happen Dan. hap he, to cut. See Chip Chap, chap, Chop, cnop, «. a cleft, crack, or chink. Chapbook, chap'book, a small kind of book or tract, at one time carried about fdt sale by chapmen. Chapel, chap'el, n place of worship inferior or subordinate to a regular church, or attached to a palace or a private dwelling a di enters’ place of worship [Fr. chapellc O- Fr. capele —Low L. capelin, dim. of capa, a cloak or cope such a small cope was kept in the palaces of kings on which to administer oaths the name was transferred to the sanctuary where the capelia was kept, and hence to any sanctuary containing relics. Littke.].... [chapel. Chapelry, chap'el-ri, n the jurisdiction of a