Definition of "musical phrase" []

• A short musical passage (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "(or sequentiæ) sung by alternate choirs, each musical phrase being sung twice; exception was made in the case of a few jubili, apparently the shorter ones which have no such repetition."
• "This musical phrase (called variously neuma, jubilatio, jubilus, cantilena) is a very old and essential element of the Alleluia."