noun
Meaning 1
A style of singing, especially of sacred music, cultivated from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century, centered on Paris, and derived from the Gallican ritual; in this style vocal lines are decorated with improvised ornamentation, and differentiated from each other in a polyphonic composition also by tone color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, rare, uncountable
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