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Definition of Antiphons
1. antiphon [n] - See also: antiphon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiphons
Literary usage of Antiphons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"The repetition of the antiphons was in later times still further curtailed, ...
On the more important festivals the antiphons at Vespers, Matins, ..."
2. A New School of Gregorian Chant by Dominicus Johner (1906)
"The longer Mz£7z{/z«tf-antiphons have sometimes several members (4—6) in ...
Compare antiphons of the 2nd Vespers for Christmas, New Year, Epiphany, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"The repetition of the antiphons was in later times still further curtailed, ...
On the more important festivals the antiphons at Vespers, Matins, ..."
4. Congregational Church Hymnal by George Slayter Barrett, Congregational Union of England and Wales, Josiah Booth (1887)
"Among the Anthems will be found several under the heading of " Advent antiphons."
These antiphons are of great but uncertain antiquity, and the beautiful ..."
5. The Christ of Cynewulf: A Poem in Three Parts: The Advent, The Ascension by Cynewulf (1900)
"These comprise (a) The Greater antiphons of Advent, sometimes called the O's ; (b)
Four antiphons included by certain mediaeval churches among the Greater ..."
6. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1869)
"antiphons. Gregorian. Tho LOBD is the strength * of my life. Parisian. In GOD *
my heart hath trusted, and I am helped, and in my song will I praise Him. ..."
7. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"an tiphon a series of methodical rules which secured correspondence between psalm
and antiphon by dividing the antiphons according to key and subdividing ..."
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