antiphon's Usage Examples:

"The antiphons are short liturgical forms, sometimes of biblical, sometimes of patristic origin, used to introduce a psalm, The term originally signified a chant by alternate choirs, but has quite lost this meaning in the Breviary.

Gradually there were added to these psalter choir-books additions in the form of antiphons, responses, collects or short prayers, for the use of those not skilful at improvisation and metrical compositions.

The two friends assembled their adherents outside the city walls for the observance of the exercises of religion; and, according to Theodoret, it was in these meetings that the practice of antiphonal singing was first introduced in the services of the church.

Look at the communion antiphon for the feast of the Immaculate Conception: All honor to you, Mary!Orators (to): Demosthenes, Lysias, Hypereides, Isocrates, Aeschines, Lycurgus, Isaeus, Antiphon, Andocides, Deinarchus.

This was mainly carried out by the adoption of a rule that all antiphons and responses should be in the exact words of Scripture, which, of course, cut out the whole class of appeals to created beings.

The antiphons are short liturgical forms, sometimes of biblical, sometimes of patristic origin, used to introduce a psalm, The term originally signified a chant by alternate choirs, but has quite lost this meaning in the Breviary.

antiphonal works ever published, and probably the earliest ever written.

Parsons, like William Byrd a Roman Catholic, showed the influence of the psalm motet and votive antiphon in his work.

They are: psalms (including canticles), antiphons, responsories, hymns, lessons, little chapters, versicles and collects.

antiphonal groups, each of 4 or 5 instruments.

During the distribution antiphons are sung.

, are followed by five psalms and five antiphons, after which come the "little chapter," the hymn and the verse, which vary according to the season, the Magnificat and its antiphon, and the appropriate collect.

antiphonal effects came off and intonation was never so bad as to be disturbing.

Synonyms:

church music, religious music, gradual, antiphony,

Antonyms:

sudden, fast, vertical, steep, horizontal,