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cantillatory

cantillatory adjective: relating to cantillation or chanting.

Adjective

cantillatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to cantillation or chanting.
    • If one is praying without a minyan (quorum), he should not say Hashem, Hashem in the manner of supplication but rather should read it in a cantillatory style.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 160

Questions about cantillatory

What does cantillatory mean?
Cantillatory means relating to cantillation or chanting.
What part of speech is cantillatory?
Cantillatory is an adjective.

Words near cantillatory in the dictionary

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

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