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Roundelay

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Noun

1. roundelay

a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Roundelay

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noun
1. Also called: roundel
a slow medieval dance performed in a circle
2. 
a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as a refrain

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Roundelay

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noun
1. 
a. 
a simple song in which some phrase, line, etc. is continually repeated
b. 
music for such a song
2. 
a dance in a circle; roundel

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Roundelay

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n.
A poem or song with a regularly recurring refrain.

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