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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. Noun. A chant or anthem recited after a reading in a church service ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Responsory
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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
Literary usage of Responsory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and they are dovetailed, as shown above, more or less ingeniously, between
the penultimate and last word of their responsory. ..."
2. The Roman Breviary: Reformed by Order of the Holy Oecumenical Council of Trent by Catholic Church, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Bute (1879)
"Short responsory, My soul failed. Answer. My soul failed. Answer. Failed. Verse.
... Short responsory. Love is strong as death. Answer. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Off. L. iii. c, 11 ; De Ord. Ant. US), the Gradual was derived to other churches:—"The
precentor in the first row sings the responsory to the end. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"11 ; De Ord. Ant. MS), the Gradual was derived to other churches:—"The precentor
in the first row sings the responsory to the end. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"Again : ' With regard to the Gradual responsory, it is in Lent]] sung to the end
by him who begins it, md the verse in like manner" (§ 26, p. 18). ..."
6. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"11 ; De Ord. Ant. us), the Gradual was li-rived to other churches :—" The precentor
in :he first row sings the responsory to the end. ..."
7. Hymns and Poems, Original and Translated by Edward Caswall (1873)
"responsory HYMN TO ST. PETER. Si vis Patronum queerer!, Seek ye a Patron to defend
Your cause ?—then, one and all, ..."
8. Hymns and Poems, Original and Translated by Edward Caswall (1873)
"responsory HYMN OF ST. JOSEPH. Quicunque sanus vivere. To all, who would holily
live, To all, who would happily die, St. Joseph is ready to give Sure ..."
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