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madrigal

noun

Definition of madrigal

as in psalm

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Recent Examples of madrigal The concert will include Renaissance madrigals—one English and one French. — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale. — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025 At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021 After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet. — Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021

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Noun

During a recent morning visit, large groups of Jewish worshippers circumambulated the holy site under close police guard, singing psalms at full volume and openly praying.

— Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026
Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of psalm

Noun

The result was a tapestry of bizarro folk elegies whose combination of violin, slide guitar, and the occasional lovestruck lyric sounded like tuning into AM radio in the midst of the apocalypse.

— Henry Ivry, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
Black style passes through Gershwin and out into Nina Simone’s famous take and Bill Evans’s imperishable version, where the blues is filtered through Erik Satie’s minimalism to become a haunted, achingly beautiful elegy.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of elegy

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Stewart lent his voice to all 154 of William Shakespeare’s sonnets, including reflections on the narration process, in the 2026 audiobook Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

Definition of sonnet

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More than 40 years after making his directorial debut with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), and penning the poem that would eventually inspire The Nightmare Before Christmas, Burton is expanding his artistic remit once more.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
Some were traveling to funerals, weddings and family reunions that the poet laureate commemorated in a poem written in minutes.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of poem

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By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026

Definition of epigram

Noun

The song marked her ode to summer, centering on a relationship that exists somewhere between friendship and romance.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
Both spots, meant to be modern odes to Southern hospitality, will be housed within the JW Marriott Washington, DC, giving its current culinary options an upgrade.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026

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