canto

canto
    n 1: the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral
         music
    2: a major division of a long poem
    

Canto \Can"to\, n.; pl. {Cantos}. [It. canto, fr. L. cantus
   singing, song. See {Chant}.]
   1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
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   2. (Mus.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral
      music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
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   {Canto fermo}[It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in
      cathedral service; the plain song.
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "canto":
      Spenserian stanza, accompaniment, air, alto, antistrophe, aria,
      baritone, bass, basso continuo, basso ostinato, bassus, book,
      burden, cantus, cantus figuratus, cantus planus, chorus, continuo,
      contralto, couplet, descant, distich, drone, envoi, epode,
      figured bass, ground bass, heptastich, hexastich, lay, line,
      measure, melodia, melodic line, melody, monostich, note, octastich,
      octave, octet, ottava rima, part, pentastich, plain chant,
      plain song, prick song, quatrain, refrain, rhyme royal, septet,
      sestet, sextet, solo, solo part, song, soprano, soprano part,
      stanza, stave, strain, strophe, syllable, tenor, tercet,
      terza rima, tetrastich, thorough bass, treble, triplet, tristich,
      tune, undersong, verse, voice, voice part