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Meanings of cantillation in English

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Usage of cantillation in English
1
The feature that most interests us is the singing, or cantillation, of the oli.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
2
Not at all ineptly, Mefistofele, who does not admire the Cherubs, likens their monotonous cantillation to the hum of bees.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
3
Here screams of laughter, and a scampering in the entry, and the turkey's leg tumbling into my room, ended the trick and their cantillation.
The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
Frequent collocations
Cantillation through the time