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Antiphon

Antiphon Meaning & Definition
Antiphon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Antiphon?

[n] a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response

Synonyms | Synonyms for Antiphon: antiphony

Related Terms | Find terms related to Antiphon: acknowledgment | Agnus Dei | alleluia | answer | answering | anthem | antiphonal chanting | antiphony | back answer | back talk | backchat | Benedicite | canticle | chant | chorale | comeback | doxology | echo | evasive reply | Gloria | Gloria in Excelsis | Gloria Patri | hallelujah | hosanna | hymn | hymn of praise | hymnody | hymnography | hymnology | Introit | laud | Magnificat | mantra | Miserere | motet | Nunc Dimittis | offertory | offertory sentence | paean | psalm | psalmody | reaction | ready reply | receipt | rejoinder | repartee | replication | reply | report | repost | rescript | rescription | respond | respondence | response | responsion | responsory | responsory report | retort | return | reverberation | riposte | short answer | snappy comeback | Te Deum | Trisagion | Vedic hymn | versicle | witty reply | witty retort | yes-and-no answer

See Also | church music | gradual | religious music

Antiphon In Webster's Dictionary

\An"ti*phon\, n. [LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. ?. See {Anthem}.] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See {Antiphony}, and {Antiphone}. 2. A verse said before and after the psalms. --Shipley.

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