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Carol Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Carol?
[n] a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)
[n] joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ [v] sing carols; "They went caroling on Christmas Day" Synonyms | Synonyms for Carol: Christmas carol Related Terms | Find terms related to Carol: alba | anthem | art song | aubade | ballad | ballade | ballata | barcarole | blues | blues song | boat song | Brautlied | bridal hymn | brindisi | cackle | call | calypso | canso | canticle | canzone | canzonet | canzonetta | caper | caracole | cavatina | caw | chanson | chant | chantey | chatter | cheep | chirk | chirp | chirr | chirrup | chitter | choir | chorus | Christmas carol | chuck | clack | clap hands | cluck | cock-a-doodle-doo | coo | croak | cronk | croon | croon song | crow | cuckoo | dance | delight | descant | dirge | ditty | do-re-mi | drinking song | drum | epithalamium | exult | folk song | frisk | frolic | gabble | gaggle | gambol | glory | gobble | guggle | honk | hoo | hoot | hum | hymeneal | hymn | intonate | intone | joy | jubilate | Kunstlied | lay | Liebeslied | lied | lilt | love song | love-lilt | matin | minstrel | minstrel song | minstrelsy | national anthem | peep | pip | pipe | prothalamium | psalm | quack | quaver | rejoice | revel | roll | rollick | romp | roulade | scold | serena | serenade | serenata | shake | sing | sing in chorus | skip | skip for joy | sol-fa | solmizate | song | squawk | theme song | torch song | tremolo | trill | troll | tweedle | tweedledee | tweet | twit | twitter | vocalize | Volkslied | war song | warble | wedding song | whistle | yodel See Also | religious song | sing | song | strain Carol In Webster's Dictionary \Car"ol\, n. [OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many
dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf.
Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn,
circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a
dance, chorus, choir.]
1. A round dance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.
The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. --Dryden
It was the carol of a bird. --Byron.
3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter
carol.
Heard a carol, mournful, holy. --Tennyson.
In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
--Keble.
4. Joyful music, as of a song.
I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old,
familiar carol play. --Longfellow.
\Car"ol\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caroled}, or {Carolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caroling}, or {Carolling}.] 1. To praise or celebrate in song. The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness. --Milton. 2. To sing, especially with joyful notes. Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious. --Prior. \Car"ol\, v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. And carol of love's high praise. --Spenser. The gray linnets carol from the hill. --Beattie. \Car"ol\, Carrol \Car"rol\, n. [OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol.] (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. A bay window may thus be called a carol. --Parker. |
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