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ANTIPHON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antiphon mean?
• ANTIPHON (noun)
The noun ANTIPHON has 1 sense:
1. a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Familiarity information: ANTIPHON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
antiphon; antiphony
Hypernyms ("antiphon" is a kind of...):
church music; religious music (genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiphon"):
gradual ((Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass)
Derivation:
antiphonal (relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony)
antiphonal (containing or using responses; alternating)
antiphonary (relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony)
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