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Antiphony definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANTIPH'ONY, n. [contrary, and voice.]
1. The answer of one choir to another, when an anthem or psalm is sung by two choirs; alternate singing.
2. A species of psalmody, when a congregation is divided into two parts, and each sings the verses alternately.
3. The words given out at the beginning of a psalm, to which both the choirs are to accommodate their singing.
4. A musical composition of several verses, extracted from different psalms.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
2: a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response [syn: antiphon, antiphony]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -nies) Date: 1592 responsive alternation between two groups especially of singers

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 antiphonal singing or chanting. 2 a response or echo.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Antiphony An*tiph"o*ny, n.; pl. Antiphonies. [See Antiphon.] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing. 2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. --R. Browning.