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organum
noun(or-ga-num)
early polyphony of the late Middle Ages that consists of one or more voice parts accompanying the cantus firmus often in parallel motion at a fourth, fifth, or octave above or below; also : a composition in this style
organum
noun(or-ga-num)
organon

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