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Prokeimenon

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ektenianoun(Christianity) A litany in the Byzantine Rite.
sticheronnounA hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.
invitatorynoun(music) A psalm sung, as an invitation to prayer, at the beginning of some services
respondverb(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
properSuitable.
oktoechosnounAlternative form of Octoechos. [(Christianity) A liturgical book containing a repertoire of hymns ordered in eight parts according to the eight echoi (tones or modes), used in many rites of Eastern Christianity.]
automelonnoun(Christianity) A composition used in Orthodox Christianity to create other hymns, following its melody and rhythm.
paschal troparionnoun(Christianity) In the Eastern Orthodox church, a traditional hymn sung at Easter (Pascha)
kyrienoun(Christianity) A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
cathismanounAlternative spelling of kathisma [A division of the psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite.]
kathismanounA division of the psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite.
anaphoranoun(rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
collectverb(transitive) To gather together; amass.
nonesnoun(Christianity) The divine office appointed to the hour.
ordinary(law, of a judge) Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
versiclenounIn liturgy, the verse spoken by the officiant.
misererenounThe 51st Psalm (50th in the older Greek and Latin numbering), beginning “Have mercy upon me, O God …” in the King James Version; sometimes set to music.
nocturnnoun(Christianity) The night office of the Christian liturgy of the Hours, such as is performed in monasteries.
responsorialnounA book of liturgical responses
qerenounIn the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a spoken reading that diverges from the written word (the ketiv); an indication of such a reading.

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