can|tus

can|tus
can|tus «KAN tuhs», noun, plural -tus.
1. a song or melody, especially an ecclesiastical melody.
2. the principal voice.
[< Latin cantus, -ūs song. See etym. of doublets cant1 (Cf.cant), canto. (Cf.canto)]

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