antiphon

Speech parts

1. antiphon - Noun

2. Antiphon - Proper noun

Meaning

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

A verse said before and after the psalms.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

antiphony psalm echo rescript return response report repartee reaction answer respond counter reply replication anthem
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Antonyms

problem question failure request debt departure
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Hypernyms

church music religious music

Hyponyms

gradual

Examples

At houses and churches, young girls dressed in white strew flowers, while singing the day's antiphon Hosanna Filio David using the vernacular and traditional tunes. Source: Internet

The relatively early Missa Ave maris stella, which probably dates from his years in the Sistine Chapel choir, paraphrases the Marian antiphon of the same name ; it is also one of his shortest masses. Source: Internet

The climax of the Enkōmia comes during the third stásis, with the antiphon "Ō glyký mou Éar", a lamentation of the Virgin for her dead Child ("O, my sweet spring, my sweetest child, where has your beauty gone?"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

antiphlogistine antiphlogiston antiphobic antiphonal antiphonal chanting antiphonally