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plainsong (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 plainsongs)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/03/14 04:33 UTC 版)
Plainsong (also plainchant; Latin: cantus planus) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church. Though the Eastern Orthodox churches and the Catholic Church did not split until long after the origin of plainchant, Byzantine chants are generally not classified as plainsong.