CANTILENA


Meaning of CANTILENA in English

/kan'tl ee"neuh/ , n.

a simple, lyric, melodic passage for voice or instrument.

[ 1730-40; cantilena refrain, perh. by dissimilation from * cantilela, deriv. of cantus song; see CANT 1 ]

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