[f. CHANT v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb CHANT; singing, musical recitation, etc. (In early usage, also: Incantation, enchantment.)
1382. Wyclif, Isa. viii. 19. That sounen strongli in their chauntingus [1388 enchauntyngis; Vulg. incantationibus].
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 71. Chawntynge, discantus, cantus organicus.
1581. Savile, Tacitus’ Hist., I. xxxvi. (1591), 21. None of those different chantings of dull flattery practised among the popular.
1706. A. Bedford, Temple Mus., iii. 66. The Plain Chanting of our Cathedral Service.
1879. Grove, Dict. Mus., I. 338/1. The arrangement of the words in chanting.
