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chant

rhythmic speaking or singing of rhymed text during an action to express emotion or thoughts
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chant

Summary

chant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • chant is a type of singing[2].
  • chant is a type of saying[3].
  • chant's Commons category is recorded as Chants[4].
  • chant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chants[5].
  • chant's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • chant's different from is recorded as chant[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include singing[2] and saying[3].

Why It Matters

chant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).[1] chant has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] chant is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Gallicantus Joyful Company of Singers

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → u0001921-choraly
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → singing, saying
    Different from → chant
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: u0001921-choraly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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