"common meter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} common meter (uncountable)
  1. (hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. Wikipedia link: common meter Tags: uncountable Synonyms: common measure, common metre Related terms: long meter, short meter
    Sense id: en-common_meter-en-noun-oCXgzeFK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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