cantillate

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Definition of cantillate

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verb

To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue).

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

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