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Definition of Antiphon
1. Noun. A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response.
Generic synonyms: Church Music, Religious Music
Specialized synonyms: Gradual
Derivative terms: Antiphonal, Antiphonal, Antiphonary
Definition of Antiphon
1. n. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
Definition of Antiphon
1. Noun. A devotional piece of music sung responsively. ¹
2. Noun. A response or reply. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiphon
1. a psalm or hymn sung responsively [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiphon
Literary usage of Antiphon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Sir William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"Their consideration, however interesting, scarcely belongs to our present subject.
The repetition of the antiphon after each verse was called ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"Their consideration, however interesting, scarcely belongs to our present subject.
The repetition of the antiphon after each ..."
3. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"He must not be confounded with antiphon the philosopher, or with antiphon the
tragic poet at ... Fifteen speeches by antiphon are extant, all of them upon ..."
4. The World's Orators: Comprising the Great Orations of the World's History edited by Guy Carleton Lee (1902)
"Fifteen speeches attributed to antiphon are now extant, all on trials for murder,
... antiphon represents the early or "austere" style of Attic oratory, ..."
5. The Athenian Empire by George William Cox (1888)
"He had, in short, the estimable qualities of Nikias; and for the oligarchic
Thucydides this was enough. antiphon becomes in his ..."
6. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1874)
"antiphon to Third Gospel. Ps. xxxi. 1. 8. Prokeimenon of Third Epistle. ...
antiphon to Fourth Gospel. Ps. xl. 1. 12. Prokeimenon of Fifth Epistle. Ps. xii. ..."
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