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ANTIPHONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antiphony mean?
• ANTIPHONY (noun)
The noun ANTIPHONY has 2 senses:
1. alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
2. a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Familiarity information: ANTIPHONY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("antiphony" is a kind of...):
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Derivation:
antiphonal (relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
antiphon; antiphony
Hypernyms ("antiphony" 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 "antiphony"):
gradual ((Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass)
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