antiphonary

[an-tif-uh-ner-ee]

noun

plural

antiphonaries 

1. a book of antiphons.

antiphonary

/ ænˈtɪfənərɪ /

noun

1. a bound collection of antiphons, esp for use in the divine office

adjective

1. of or relating to such a book

Word History and Origins

Origin of antiphonary¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin antiphōnārium; learned borrowing replacing earlier versions, which had undergone changes: Middle English anfenere, antefenar, antiphoner ( e ), Old English antefnere (compare Middle Dutch antiffenaer, Middle Low German antifenēr, Old High German antiphenere ) < Medieval Latin See antiphon, -ary

Example Sentences

In the Latin Church it was not practised until more than two centuries later, when it was introduced by Ambrose, bishop of Milan, who compiled an antiphonary, or collection of words suitable for antiphonal singing.

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Altars, statues, pictures, antiphonaries, missals, graduals—all underwent a common fate.

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There are also said to be a psalter and antiphonary of the fourteenth century, and a Bull of Urban V. relating to the Crusades of 1365.

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He is said to dwell mainly upon the proper manner of performing the antiphonary and the graduale.

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He sat all day over his antiphonary, in the little carrel off the cloister, and as he worked his mind toiled like a mill.

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