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Antiphon
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Antiphon
see synonyms of antiphonnoun
1.
a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
2.
a psalm, hymn, etc, chanted or sung in alternate parts
3.
any response or answer
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Antiphon
see synonyms of antiphon noun
1.
a hymn, psalm, etc. chanted or sung in responsive, alternating parts
2.
anything composed for responsive chanting or singing
3.
verses chanted or a piece of plainsong sung before or after a psalm, canticle, etc.
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Antiphon
see synonyms of antiphonn.
1. A devotional composition sung responsively as part of a liturgy.
2.
a. A short liturgical text chanted or sung responsively preceding or following a psalm, psalm verse, or canticle.
b. Such a text formerly used as a response but now rendered independently.
3. A response; a reply: "It would be truer ... to see [conservation] as an antiphon to the modernization of the 1950s and 1960s" (Raphael Samuel).
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