cantion

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noun

A song, poem or incantation.

OriginLatin cantiō →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

nouncantion (plural cantions)

plural cantions

  1. obsoleterareA song, poem or incantation.

    the same person was brought in singing a Cantion of Colin's making

    1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincantiō
  2. Englishcantion

Learned borrowing from Latin cantiō, from canere (“to sing”). Doublet of chanson and canzone. By surface analysis, Latin cant- + -ion.

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APA

cantion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cantion

MLA

“cantion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cantion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cantion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cantion.

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