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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Canto  \Can"to\,  n.;  pl  {Cantos}.  [It.  canto,  fr  L.  cantus 
  singing,  song.  See  {Chant}.] 
  1.  One  of  the  chief  divisions  of  a  long  poem;  a  book. 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  The  highest  vocal  part  the  air  or  melody  in  choral 
  music;  anciently  the  tenor,  now  the  soprano. 
 
  {Canto  fermo}[It.]  (Mus.),  the  plain  ecclesiastical  chant  in 
  cathedral  service;  the  plain  song. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  canto 
  n  1:  the  highest  part  (usually  the  melody)  in  a  piece  of  choral 
  music 
  2:  a  major  division  of  a  long  poem 




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