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Antiphony   Listen
noun
Antiphony  n.  (pl. antiphonies)  
1.
A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
2.
An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. "O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony."





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"Antiphony" Quotes from Famous Books



... train of their ox-waggons, began coming in. It was very dark, and they blundered along, knocking down telegraph posts, and invading regimental lines, amidst a frightful din from the black drivers, and a profane antiphony between two officers, of the camp ...
— In the Ranks of the C.I.V. • Erskine Childers


Words linked to "Antiphony" :   antiphonal, music, church music, gradual


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