Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who marks with dots: specifically applied to the Masorites, who invented the Hebrew vowel-points. See
masoretic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who marks with points. specifically, one who writes Hebrew with points; -- applied to a Masorite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
marks withpoints , especially in writingHebrew .
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In addition to the special members of a chapter already mentioned there are usually appointed the following, in order to secure well-ordered services: precentor, sacristan, cancellor, succentor, punctator, hebdomadarian.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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