antiphon
Americannoun
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a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response.
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Ecclesiastical.
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a psalm, hymn, or prayer sung in alternate parts.
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a verse or a series of verses sung as a prelude or conclusion to some part of the service.
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noun
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a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
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a psalm, hymn, etc, chanted or sung in alternate parts
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any response or answer
Etymology
Origin of antiphon
1490–1500; < Medieval Latin antiphōna responsive singing < Greek ( tà ) antíphōna, neuter plural of antíphōnos sounding in answer, equivalent to anti- anti- + phōn ( ḗ ) sound + -os adj. suffix. Cf. anthem
Example Sentences
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The Clusterchord EP is out now on Antiphon, with the Scorpio Little Devil album to follow in January 2013.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2012
Writer Djuna Barnes's allusive verse play, The Antiphon, which opened in Stockholm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Antiphon, the sophist, says: "The law, the outcome of an agreement, coerces nature, the result of growth, and goes against the interest of the individual."
From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon
Anthem.—Originally the same as Antiphon; "anthem" being simply the Anglicized form of the word.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
The one oration of Lycurgus which remains to us is earnest and stately, reminding us both of Antiphon and of Isocrates.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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