Meaning Of English Dictionary
Search Dictionary:

The meaning of the word "Cantillation" in English


Cantillation n. : A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Example:


Taxonomy
melody, cantillation, Munach, disjunctive, zaqef, Revia, Mercha, Torah, Qadma, tradition, pazer, tune, reading, Pashta, Sephardic, cantillation marks, Darga, shape.

Defination from the web:
Cantillation is the ritual chanting of readings from the Bible in synagogue services. ... There are two systems of cantillation marks in the Tanakh. ... The cantillation signs are included in Unicode as characters 0591 through 05AF in the Hebrew alphabet block. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) chanting
  (noun) intonation


A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  

The definition database by online English dictionary