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Sestet

Sestet Meaning & Definition
Sestet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sestet?

[n] a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
[n] a musical composition written for six performers
[n] a set of six similar things considered as a unit
[n] six performers or singers who perform together
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sestet: 6 | Captain Hicks | half a dozen | hexad | sextet | sextet | sextet | sextette | sextette | sextuplet | sise | six | sixer | VI

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See Also | composition | digit | figure | musical composition | musical group | musical organisation | musical organization | opus | piece | piece of music | set | stanza

Sestet In Webster's Dictionary

\Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.] 1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also {sestuor}. [Written also {sestett}, {sestette}.] 2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.

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