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pointing marks

pointing marks is the plural of pointing mark.

Meaning of pointing mark

Noun

pointing mark (plural pointing marks)

  1. (Anglicanism) In Anglican chant, a mark in the text which corresponds to a barline in the chant, which indicates the syllables on which the chant changes note; typically a vertical line ( | ) or apostrophe ( ' ).

Questions about pointing marks

What is pointing marks the plural of?
Pointing marks is the plural of pointing mark.

Words near pointing marks in the dictionary

  1. pointing and calling
  2. pointing device
  3. pointing devices
  4. pointing fingers
  5. pointing mark
  6. pointing marks
  7. pointing one's toes
  8. pointing out
  9. pointing Percy at the porcelain
  10. pointing stick
  11. pointing sticks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pointing marks (page history and authors); pointing mark (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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