caccia

[ kah-chuh; Italian kaht-chah ]

/ ˈkɑ tʃə; Italian ˈkɑt tʃɑ /

noun, plural cac·ce [kah-chey; Italian kaht-che] /ˈkɑ tʃeɪ; Italian ˈkɑt tʃɛ/, cac·cias.

a 14th-century Italian vocal form for two voices in canon plus an independent tenor, with a text describing the hunt or the cries and noises of village life.

Origin of caccia

< Italian: literally, a hunt; see catch, chase¹

Words nearby caccia

cabstand, cabuya, cac-, cacao, cacao bean, caccia, cacciatore, caccini, cachaca, cachalot, cache

Example sentences from the Web for caccia

It is mentioned in the 1586 and 1590 editions of Caccia, but we may be tolerably sure that Tabachetti had nothing to do with it.

Ex Voto |Samuel Bulter
This chapel is described as completed in both the 1586 and 1590 editions of Caccia.

Ex Voto |Samuel Bulter
I observe that in Caccia the “tempio” is praised but not apparently the work that it contained.

Ex Voto |Samuel Bulter
In the same meter, but in a less ambitious style, is La Caccia col Falcone.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds

Not only does the author of the 1586 Caccia mention the chapel, but he does it with more effusion than is usual with him.

Ex Voto |Samuel Bulter

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caccia

noun, plural cac·ce [kah-chey; Italian kaht-che] /ˈkɑ tʃeɪ; Italian ˈkɑt tʃɛ/, cac·cias.

Origin of caccia

Words nearby caccia

Example sentences from the Web for caccia