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cantillations

cantillations is the plural of cantillation.

Meaning of cantillation

Noun

cantillation (countable and uncountable, plural cantillations)

  1. The intonation of a sentence, especially in Hebrew script, codified by marks which are read as sequences of musical pitches.
  2. Chanting.

Questions about cantillations

What is cantillations the plural of?
Cantillations is the plural of cantillation.

Words near cantillations in the dictionary

  1. cantillated
  2. cantillates
  3. cantillating
  4. cantillation
  5. cantillational
  6. cantillations
  7. cantillatory
  8. Cantillo
  9. Cantillon effect
  10. Cantillon effects
  11. Cantillos

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