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Definition of Cantillation
1. Noun. Liturgical chanting.
Definition of Cantillation
1. n. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
Definition of Cantillation
1. Noun. The intonation of a sentence, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cantillation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantillation
Literary usage of Cantillation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Criticism of Systems of Hebrew Metre: An Elementary Treatise by William Henry Cobb (1905)
"cantillation originated in the synagogue, and was quite foreign to the living
language; the so-called poetical accentuation of Psalms, Proverbs, ..."
2. The British Jews by John Mills (1853)
"Besides this cantillation, regular melodies are introduced, on various occasions,
... Nor are the melodies, or the cantillation, adopted by the two com- ..."
3. Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language by Isaac Nordheimer (1842)
"As regards the cantillation, it now is, and always must have been, looked upon
as a matter of far inferior importance ; and this is proved moreover by the ..."
4. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1863)
"The same remark applies also to the Samaritans—they have their cantillation, but
differing materially in its character from that of the Jews on the one hand ..."
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