Usually means: Renaissance music performed from notation.
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  1. pricksong: Wordnik
  2. pricksong: Wiktionary
  3. Pricksong: Dictionary.com
  4. Pricksong: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. pricksong: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Pricksong: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. pricksong: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. pricksong: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Pricksong: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (pricksong)

noun:  (now chiefly historical) Music sung from notation written with dots or points, as opposed to by ear; sheet music.
noun:  (now chiefly historical) A melody performed as a counterpoint to a plainsong.

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