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motetus

motetus, ~a [OF motet; cf. CL motare,LL motatio] , (mus.) motet, polyphonic choral composition. s1262 in citharizando cum cantilenis que vocantur molete [MS: motete] ad honorem S. Virginis Matris edite Chr. Melrose 188; alia quidem species attendit consonanciam et mensuram vocum ac carminum que ~us dicitur, id est motus brevis cantilene Odington 140; ~i fiunt cum littera in aliquo modorum Ib. 143; in ~is et in aliis cantibus Haudlo 100; primus modus constat ex omnibus longis perfectis, ut patet in hoc ~o Ib. 166; licet inveniantur quinque [semibreves] vel sex vel septem, et illa patent ~o suo qui vocatur Aucun ont trouve chant Hauboys 260.

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