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Christmas carol

carol, broadly, a song, characteristically of religious joy, associated with a given season, especially Christmas.. More strictly, a carol can be defined as a late medieval English song on any subject, in which uniform stanzas, or verses (V), alternate with a refrain, or burden (B), in the pattern B, V1, B, V2 . . . B. The medieval words carol and carole (French and Anglo-Norman) might mean a popular dance song with pagan associations, a courtly dance or dance song, a song of popular piety, a polyphonic (multipart) song in a certain style, and a popular religious procession. During the ...(100 of 571 words)