organ-sustained

Updated: August 5, 2026

"Portly capons," he used to murmur to himself, under the impression that he was naming a characteristic type of medieval churchman. He liked to sit in the nave during the service, and look through the great gates at the candles and choristers, and listen to the organ-sustained voices, but the transepts he never penetrated because of the charge for admission.

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - The History of Mr. Polly