[verb] [formal] - to say (something) slowly and seriously in a voice which does not rise or fall muchThe funeral was interrupted by a burst of gunfire as the priest intoned the liturgy for the latest victim of the fighting. [T]"Let us pray," the priest intoned to his congregation. [+ speech]
INTONE
Meaning of INTONE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012