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Liturgical chanting
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cantillation
Word definitions for cantillation in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. liturgical chanting
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cantillation is the ritual chanting of readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services . The chants are written and notated in accordance with the special signs or marks printed in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh ) to complement the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cantillation \Can`til*la"tion\, n. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The intonation of a sentence, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.
Usage examples of cantillation.
Not at all ineptly, Mefistofele, who does not admire the Cherubs, likens their monotonous cantillation to the hum of bees.