Cantillation

to chant; intone.
Historical Examples

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Companion to the Bible E. P. Barrows

noun
the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
chanting or intonation
verb
to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody
to intone or chant

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