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Prosodion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A processional hymn.

    "Alcman composed various kinds of poems in various metres; Parthenia (maidens’ songs), hymns, paeans, prosodia (processionals), and love-songs, of which he was considered the inventor."

  2. 2
    religious music used in a procession wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσόδιον (prosódion), use as noun of neuter of Koine Greek προσόδιος (prosódios) (though apparently first attested later), from Ancient Greek πρόσοδος (prósodos, “procession”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).

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