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- noun A form of Medieval French literature with alternative
spoken andsung passages.
Etymologies
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From French chantefable, from chanter ("to sing") + fable ("story")
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These epics are generally shot through with verses of poetry and often with whole poems, just as in the case of the French chantefable, "Aucassin et Nicollet".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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A combination of prose and verse (literally, a "sung story"), similar to a prosimetrum.
August 24, 2009