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Antiphon

/ˈæntɪfən/

A devotional piece of music sung responsively.

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noun
  1. 1

    A devotional piece of music sung responsively.

  2. 2

    A response or reply.

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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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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.
antiphonarynounAn antiphonal.
antiphonernounAn antiphonal.
antiphonarnounAlternative form of antiphonary. [An antiphonal.]
antiphonenoun(music, archaic) Synonym of antiphon.
antodenoun(historical, Ancient Greece, theater) A particular ode sung in response to another.
prokimenonnounAlternative 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.]
processionalnounA 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.
choriambicOf or relating to a choriamb.
prosodionnoun(Ancient Greece) a processional hymn
paraphonianoun(medicine) An abnormal condition or alteration of the voice, as at puberty.
parodosnounThe 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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