What is another word for chants?

Pronunciation: [t͡ʃˈants] (IPA)

Chants are repetitive and rhythmic words or phrases sung or spoken typically in unison, often in a religious or meditative context. Synonyms for the word chants could include incantations, mantras, hymns, liturgies, recitations, invocations, and prayers. Each of these words shares the common thread of repeated words or phrases, often with spiritual significance. Incantations tend to be spoken or sung words associated with magic or spells, while mantras have a more meditative or spiritual connotation. Hymns and liturgies are religious chants sung in worship services, while recitations and invocations may be used in religious or ceremonial contexts. The word chants can be used interchangeably with these synonyms to enhance diversity in language and convey different nuances of meaning.

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Usage examples for Chants

Moving the central parts of their bodies to and fro, they utter weird sing-song chants.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
The pattern, assuming the form of irregular rhythm and repetition of phrase, appears chiefly in hymns and chants, and these are only two aspects of poetry.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
A minute later, after not being eaten, his confidence grew and he felt like confessing his soul to the insect as if the mosquito's appearance were only that mask Thai monks hid behind when they said their chants.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills

Famous quotes with Chants

  • In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
    John Barton
  • I wanted to do that again but, when I went to look for chants, I didn't want to do it in the exact same way.
    Jon Crosby
  • If the hunters think we do all things by chants and spells, they may believe so — it does not hurt them.
    Stephen Vincent Benét
  • The silent organ loudest chants The master's requiem.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Modern anthropology … opposes the utilitarian assumption that the primitive chants as he sows seed because he believes that otherwise it will not grow, the assumption that his economic goal is primary, and his other activities are instrumental to it. The planting and the cultivating are no less important than the finished product. Life is not conceived as a linear progression directed to, and justified by, the achievement of a series of goals; it is a cycle in which ends cannot be isolated, one which cannot be dissected into a series of ends and means.
    John Carroll

Related words: english chants, catholic chants, christian chants, youth group chants, catchy chants, prayer chants

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