CANTILLATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Liturgical chanting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cantillation" is a kind of...):

chanting; intonation (the act of singing in a monotonous tone)

Derivation:

cantillate (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm)

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