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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.antiphonal - bound collection of antiphons
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"
2.antiphonal - relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony


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The content of psalms such as these, in whole or in part, can be rendered for congregational recitation or chanting, antiphonally or responsively, in corporate worship services that give expression to communal lament.
10) Not to be confused with the similarly named penitential prayer recited antiphonally in the s'lichot and High Holy Days rituals.
A sixteenth-century document records what had been the annual ritual since at least as early as 1396: Having received the pilota [a leather ball] from the newest canon, the dean, or someone in his place, in former times wearing an amice on his head and the other clergy likewise, began antiphonally the sequence appropriate for the feast of Easter, Victimae paschali laudes.
 
 
 
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