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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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These manuscripts of probable Spanish use and probably originating from Spain consist of a book of fragments dating from the fifteenth century and earlier; five books of sixteenth-century material for the Mass and Office, one containing a thirteenth-century bifolium as part of its binding; and two eighteenth-century monastic antiphonals.
Research Libraries Branch by Boehme, Almut / Fontes Artis Musicae
We also have a good number of liturgical manuscripts, for example the set of large-format graduals and antiphonals Cod.
Wilfried Werner, Die mittelalterlichen nichtliturgischen ... by Medium Aevum
The latest manuscripts are a group of three eighteenth-century antiphonals compiled and written for use in a nunnery of the Servants of Mary (order of Servites).
Spanish liturgical music manuscripts at the University of Sydney: a ... by Hardie, Jane Morlet / Fontes Artis Musicae
 
 
 
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