ppl. a. [pa. pple. of SING v.1] Uttered in musical tones (Liturg. as distinguished from being said without note).
1526. Cartul. S. Nicholai Aberdon. (New Spald. Cl.), I. 154. We sall sing … placebo and dirige one ye vigill of his decess with ane soung mess one ye said day.
1848. R. S. Hawker, in Life & Lett. (1905), ix. 137. I do not like sung Psalms.
1906. Alice Werner, Natives Brit. Central Africa, x. 230. Most of them [sc. stories] contain short pieces which are sung…. Steere points out that these sung parts are very common in the Swahili tales.
