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Webster 1913 Edition


Cantillation

Canˊtil-la′tion

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Noun.
A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cantillation

CANTILLATION

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Noun.
A chanting; recitation with musical modulations.

Definition 2024


cantillation

cantillation

English

Genesis 1:9: God said, "Let the waters be collected."
Letters in black, vowel points and d'geshim (gemination marks) in red, cantillation in blue.

Noun

cantillation (plural cantillations)

  1. The intonation of a sentence, esp. Jewish script, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.
  2. chanting

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French

Noun

cantillation f (plural cantillations)

  1. cantillation (the act of cantillating)