Definition of Responsory

1. a. Containing or making answer; answering.

2. n. The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service.

Definition of Responsory

1. [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Responsory

1. 1. The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. "Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy." (Milton) 2. An antiphonary; a response book. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Responsory

response hierarchy
response rate
response time
responsibility
responsible
responsibleness
responsible for(p)
responsibly
responsions
responsive
responsively
responsiveness
responsivity
responsories
responsory (current term)
responsory (current term)
responsum
respool
respooled
respooling
respools
respot
respots
respotted
respotting
resprang
respray
resprayed
respraying
resprays

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