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  • noun Alternative spelling of quintet. A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

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  • noun a musical composition for five performers
  • noun a set of five similar things considered as a unit
  • noun five performers or singers who perform together
  • noun five people considered as a unit

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