euouae

1. (by extension) A cadence used to sing those words of the Gloria Patri.Examples: "The euouae, initials, and finials of all the modes, are given in this kind of notation very amply, and always on five lines, and ſpaces."; "The evovae, commences always upon the dominant of the key, and terminates upon the tonic."; "Thus the Antiphonies of the first and second tones terminate in the final Re; if the first note of the evovae is La, the Antiphony is of the first tone; if the first note is Fa, the Antiphony is of the second tone, and so forth."broadlyno-plural