"choral composition on a sacred text, intended to be sung in a Church service," late 14c., from Old French motet (13c.), diminutive of mot "word" (see mot), or from Medieval Latin motetum, diminutive of motto.
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Mosul
mot
mote
motel
motet
moth
mothball
mother
Mother Goose
Mother Hubbard
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