Accentuation
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
(2): (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a term used in ecclesiastical music to indicate the pitch and modulation of the voice. The accentuation is either (1) simple, (2) moderate, or (3) strong. Some writers use other terms, but. the division in most of them is threefold.
