cantion

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cantiō, from canere (“to sing”). Doublet of chanson and canzone.

Noun

cantion (plural cantions)

1. (obsolete, rare) A song, poem or incantation.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:

     the same person was brought in singing a Cantion of Colin's making

References

• “cantion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• actinon, contain, nanotic