cantillation

cantillation Definition

can·til·la·tion (kant′'l ā′s̸hən)

noun

in Jewish liturgy, a chanting or reciting with certain prescribed musical phrases indicated by notations

Etymology: < cantillate, chant (< L cantillatus, pp. of cantillare, hum, sing low < cantare: see chant) & -ion

cantillation Related Forms

can′·til·late′ (-āt′) transitive verb, intransitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing

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