Usually means: Polyphonic vocal composition, sacred text.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word motet:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. motet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. motet: Merriam-Webster
  3. motet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. motet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. motet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. motet: Vocabulary.com
  7. Motet, motet: Wordnik
  8. motet: Wiktionary
  9. motet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. motet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. motet: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Motet, motet: Dictionary.com
  13. motet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Motet (Bach), Motet, The Motet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Motet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. motet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. motet: Rhymezone
  18. Motet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. motet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. motet: FreeDictionary.org
  21. motet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. motet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. motet: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. motet: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MOTET: Acronym Finder

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Motet: Catholic Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (motet)

noun:  A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

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