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Cantillation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A chanting, intoning, or recitation in a half-singing style: especially used in Jewish synagogues. Also spelled cantilation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The intonation of a sentence, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.
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  • noun. liturgical chanting