n. Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of accentuating or of marking accent or stress in speech or writing; the state of being accented or accentuated. The mode of indicating accent; accentual notation. The act of emphasizing or laying stress; a bringing into prominence.
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n. the act of giving special importance or significance to something
n. the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
Word Usage
"The Fallacy of Accent ([Greek: prosodÃa]) is neither more nor less than a mistake in Greek accentuation."