Meaning

2 senses

  1. (historical)Music that is sung from notation written with dots or points, as opposed to by ear; sheet music.

  2. (historical)A melody performed as a counterpoint to a plainsong.

Origin

From prick + song.

From prick + song.

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Forms

plural: pricksongs
Singularpricksong
Pluralpricksongs

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prideA2pridefulpriestB1

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