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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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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