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cantillate

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Definitions

  1. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

Word origin

First attested in 1864; borrowed from Latin cantillō (“to sing”), from cantillātus + -ō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • Some recite this portion by cantillating each verse twice and then saying the Targum.
  • Five women [in the Temple of Vesta ...] were cantillating—Vesta this and Vesta that—all robed in identical white dresses, with white wool scarves wrapped several times about their heads.

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