- cantillating
- v. chant, intone
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
cantillating
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cantillation — [kant΄ l ā′shən] n. 〚< cantillate, chant (< L cantillatus, pp. of cantillare, hum, sing low < cantare: see CHANT) & ION〛 in Jewish liturgy, a chanting or reciting with certain prescribed musical phrases indicated by notations cantillate [kant΄… … Universalium
cantillate — cantillation, n. /kan tl ayt /, v.t., cantillated, cantillating. to chant; intone. [1860 65; < LL cantillatus sung low, hummed (ptp. of cantillare), equiv. to cant sing (see CANT1) + ill dim. suffix + atus ATE1] * * * … Universalium
cantillate — [c]/ˈkæntəleɪt/ (say kantuhlayt) verb (cantillated, cantillating) –verb (i) 1. to chant passages of the Hebrew Bible as part of a religious service. 2. to chant or intone a text. –verb (t) 3. to utter in a chant. {Latin cantillāre to sing softly …
cantillation — [kant΄ l ā′shən] n. [< cantillate, chant (< L cantillatus, pp. of cantillare, hum, sing low < cantare: see CHANT) & ION] in Jewish liturgy, a chanting or reciting with certain prescribed musical phrases indicated by notations cantillate… … English World dictionary
JEKUTHIEL BEN JUDAH HA-KOHEN — (first half of the 13th century), Hebrew grammarian. He was known as YAHBI (Heb. יהב״י; the acronym of his Hebrew name, Yekuthiel Ha Kohen Ben Judah), by which he referred to himself. elijah levita refers to him as the Punctuator of Prague,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
