ritual chant
Frequency: 6.54.2 per million words
A chant that is part of a formal ceremony or rite.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- The sound of the ritual chant filled the ancient temple.
- The shaman began the healing ceremony with a low, rhythmic ritual chant.
- Anthropologists have studied the ancient ritual chants of the indigenous tribe.
- The monks' morning was dedicated to a series of ritual chants and prayers.
- A haunting ritual chant echoed through the misty valley during the solstice ceremony.
- The ritual chant was intended to summon the spirits of their ancestors.
- Each new priest must learn the sacred ritual chants from their elders.
- The solemn ritual chant was a stark contrast to the joyful music that followed.
- We listened, mesmerized, as the high priestess led the ritual chant.
- Although its words were indecipherable to us, the ritual chant had a powerful, calming effect.