Cantillation
{{short description|Ritual chanting of prayers and responses}}
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Cantillation is the ritual chanting of prayers and responses.{{cite thesis|type=S.T.M.|title=A Project on Developing Catholic Liturgical Music in Vietnam|first=Tùng Công|last=Kiều|year=2009|publisher=Boston University|access-date=June 9, 2013|pages=71–72|url=https://open.bu.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/8c0db2dc-919b-4ebd-924d-6df6ea4e21d3/content}}{{cite journal|title=The Sacred Sound of Đọc Kinh: Exploring the Sonic World of Vietnamese Chanting|first=Rufino|last=Zaragoza|journal=Ministry & Liturgy|location=San Jose, California|publisher=Resource Publications|date=November 2001|access-date=June 9, 2013|url=http://www.rpinet.com/ml/2809zarg.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020105160637/http://www.rpinet.com/ml/2809zarg.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 5, 2002}} It often specifically refers to Jewish Hebrew cantillation. Cantillation sometimes refers to diacritics used in texts that are to be chanted in liturgy.
Cantillation includes: