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Definition of chanter in English: chanternoun ˈtʃɑːntəˈtʃæn(t)ər 1A person who chants something. Example sentencesExamples - The Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church trains chanters who are called debtara.
- Ignoring for now the slogan chanters and political partisans, there are a few key points to keep in mind.
- They had a clear view of the chanters, now standing and holding hands in a serpentine human chain.
- At about the same time, police riding horses through the crowd stopped being effective at keeping the crowd moving and dispersing the jumping chanters.
- Other migrants tried to quiet the chanters down.
- Chanting is nothing more than an expression of gratitude to Amitabha Buddha and an expression of the chanter's faith.
- The ‘dance’ involves a huge circle of chanters surrounding a central figure in concentric rows.
- The other players gravitated towards us because Jimmy was such a great chanter and a great comic.
- Ultimately, the pastor who was leading the chanters was evicted.
- But the chanters wear pinstripes and not patchouli oil.
- Care of local churches is the responsibility of the community of worshipers, and priests are assisted by deacons, chanters, and local women who clean the buildings and bake bread for communion.
- And they reported to me that many of the chanters, to this day, who recite these Vedic or Sanskrit hymns, don't know what they're saying!
- The ground shook more violently, dancers and chanters stopped, not able to go on.
- I could be biased, since Ursula was plying me with Guinness as well as song, but she is a much better chanter than any of the young ladies performing at the MTV gig.
2Music The pipe of a bagpipe with finger holes, on which the melody is played. Example sentencesExamples - He's wanted to learn to play the bagpipes forever, but would never have gone out and got his own chanter.
- She began learning to play the pipes when she was thirteen, practising first on the chanter, learning finger movement, arm movement, breathing control and finally marching.
- His fingers danced across the holes of the chanter creating the melody.
- After a few weeks of learning the fingering on the chanter, and learning to keep the bag full to generate the sound, though, Cowling figured he was just about ready to try out his two songs onstage.
- During their first gathering in the band's conference room, the volunteers received instruction books, were measured for uniforms and played their first notes on bagpipe chanters.
Synonyms whistle, penny whistle, flute, recorder, fife
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantator, from cantare (see chant). Rhymes enchanter, granter, planter, supplanter, transplanter, Vedanta Definition of chanter in US English: chanternounˈtʃæn(t)ərˈCHan(t)ər 1A person who chants something. Example sentencesExamples - And they reported to me that many of the chanters, to this day, who recite these Vedic or Sanskrit hymns, don't know what they're saying!
- The ground shook more violently, dancers and chanters stopped, not able to go on.
- I could be biased, since Ursula was plying me with Guinness as well as song, but she is a much better chanter than any of the young ladies performing at the MTV gig.
- Ultimately, the pastor who was leading the chanters was evicted.
- Care of local churches is the responsibility of the community of worshipers, and priests are assisted by deacons, chanters, and local women who clean the buildings and bake bread for communion.
- Ignoring for now the slogan chanters and political partisans, there are a few key points to keep in mind.
- Other migrants tried to quiet the chanters down.
- But the chanters wear pinstripes and not patchouli oil.
- The Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church trains chanters who are called debtara.
- The ‘dance’ involves a huge circle of chanters surrounding a central figure in concentric rows.
- They had a clear view of the chanters, now standing and holding hands in a serpentine human chain.
- At about the same time, police riding horses through the crowd stopped being effective at keeping the crowd moving and dispersing the jumping chanters.
- The other players gravitated towards us because Jimmy was such a great chanter and a great comic.
- Chanting is nothing more than an expression of gratitude to Amitabha Buddha and an expression of the chanter's faith.
2Music The pipe of a bagpipe with finger holes, on which the melody is played. Example sentencesExamples - She began learning to play the pipes when she was thirteen, practising first on the chanter, learning finger movement, arm movement, breathing control and finally marching.
- He's wanted to learn to play the bagpipes forever, but would never have gone out and got his own chanter.
- His fingers danced across the holes of the chanter creating the melody.
- During their first gathering in the band's conference room, the volunteers received instruction books, were measured for uniforms and played their first notes on bagpipe chanters.
- After a few weeks of learning the fingering on the chanter, and learning to keep the bag full to generate the sound, though, Cowling figured he was just about ready to try out his two songs onstage.
Synonyms whistle, penny whistle, flute, recorder, fife
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantator, from cantare (see chant). |