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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
chorale
 
SYLLABICATION:cho·rale
PRONUNCIATION:  k-rl, -räl
VARIANT FORMS: also cho·ral
NOUN:1. A Protestant hymn melody. 2. A harmonized hymn, especially one for organ. 3. A chorus or choir.
ETYMOLOGY:German, short for Choralgesang, choral song, translation of Medieval Latin cantus chorlis. See choral.
 
 
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