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antiphonal

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an·tiph·o·nal  (n-tf-nl)
adj.
1. Relating to or resembling an antiphon.
2. Answering responsively, as in antiphony.
3. Occurring or responding in turns; alternating: "this curious antiphonal relationship between the two men" (Henry A. Kissinger).
n.
An antiphonary.
an·tipho·nal·ly adv.
antiphonal [ænˈtɪfənəl]
adj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) sung or recited in alternation
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) another word for antiphonary
antiphonally  adv
antiphonal
a collection of antiphons, hymns, or psalms sung in alternating parts.
See also: Songs and Singing
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Noun1.antiphonal - bound collection of antiphons
antiphonary
church music, religious music - genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
Adj.1.antiphonal - containing or using responses; alternating; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal laughter"
responsive
2.antiphonal - relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony
antiphonary


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My mother heard him say it; and he said those skeletons were two million years old, which astonished her and made her Kentucky pretensions look small and pretty antiphonal, not to say oblique.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
Gosse observes of both poems that the qualities to be regarded are 'originality of structure, the varied music of their balanced strophes, as of majestic antiphonal choruses, answering one another in some antique temple, and the extraordinary skill with which the evolution of the theme is observed and restrained.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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