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a cappella definition

a· cap·pella (ä′ kə pel′ə)

without instrumental accompaniment: said of choral singing and of unaccompanied vocalists or vocal groups in popular music

Etymology: It, in chapel style < L ad, to, according to + ML capella, chapel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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