📖 Definitions of "Antiphon"
noun
- 1
A devotional piece of music sung responsively.
- 2
A response or reply.
🔄 Synonyms of "Antiphon"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| antiphonynoun | (music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| antiphonynoun | (music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner. |
| antiphonal | (music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts. |
| antiphonarynoun | An antiphonal. |
| antiphonernoun | An antiphonal. |
| antiphonarnoun | Alternative form of antiphonary. [An antiphonal.] |
| antiphonenoun | (music, archaic) Synonym of antiphon. |
| antodenoun | (historical, Ancient Greece, theater) A particular ode sung in response to another. |
| prokimenonnoun | Alternative form of prokeimenon. [(Christianity) In the liturgical practice of the Orthodox Church and Byzantine Rite, a psalm or canticle refrain sung responsorially at certain points of the Divine Liturgy or the Divine Office, usually to introduce a scripture reading.] |
| processionalnoun | A hymn or other music used during a procession; prosodion. |
| anthemnoun | (informal) A very popular song or track. |
| antistrophenoun | (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order. |
| paeannoun | (by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. |
| choriambic | Of or relating to a choriamb. |
| prosodionnoun | (Ancient Greece) a processional hymn |
| paraphonianoun | (medicine) An abnormal condition or alteration of the voice, as at puberty. |
| parodosnoun | The ode sung by the chorus as it enters the orchestra, typically following the play's prologue. |
| hymnodynoun | (uncountable) The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms. |
| prothalamionnoun | (literary) A song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married. |
| antistrophonnoun | (obsolete, rhetoric) A counterargument as a retort |
| paeanismnoun | (uncommon) A song or enthusiastic expression of praise or triumph. |
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