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Definition of Antiphonal
1. Noun. Bound collection of antiphons.
2. Adjective. Containing or using responses; alternating. "Antiphonal laughter"
3. Adjective. Relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony.
Definition of Antiphonal
1. a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.
2. n. A book of antiphons or anthems.
Definition of Antiphonal
1. Noun. A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner. ¹
2. Noun. An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner. ¹
3. Adjective. (music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiphonal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiphonal
Literary usage of Antiphonal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"CHAPTER IX ECHO ORGANS AND antiphonal ORGANS AN " Echo Organ " is, theoretically,
a few stops enclosed in a swell- box, so located in some remote part of ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1853)
"As used in families,' he observes, ' it (viz. antiphonal singing) seems to be
mentioned ' by Tertullian, ad Uxor. ii. 9. ..."
3. Select Translations from Old English Poetry by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1902)
"I. antiphonal PASSAGE The suggestion for this passage is derived from the Antiphon
of the Magnificat for December 21. This is, in the Latin: 'O Oriens, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"In classical music " antiphonal " denoted the consonance of the octave, ...
The problem was not the introduction of antiphonal singing (in contrast with ..."
5. The Music of the Church, in Four Parts: Containing a General History of by Thomas Hirst (1841)
"... Hymn, and Song— the Hymns which our Saviour and his Disciples sung considered—
antiphonal form of singing noticed—Pagan music early introduced into the ..."
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