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trope

trope \'tro-p\ n [L tropus, fr. Gk tropos turn, way, manner, style, trope, 
   fr. tr]epein to turn; akin to L trepit he turns 1: the use of a word or 
   expression in a figurative sense : FIGURE OF S PEECH 2: a phrase or verse 
   added as an embellishment or interpolation to the sung  parts of the mass 
   in the medieval period