(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:36:27

Ac*cen`tu*a"tion (#), n. [LL. accentuatio: cf. F. accentuation.]

Act of accentuating; applications of accent

. Specifically Eccles. Mus.,

pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

 

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