Usually means: Multiple independent melodies sung together.
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  3. polyphonies: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. polyphonies: Dictionary.com
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(Note: See polyphony as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (polyphony)

noun:  (music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
noun:  (literature) The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.
▸ Also see polyphony


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