Helen Fenton

Antiphonary: Definition and part of speech

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Antiphonary

  1. n. A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Antiphone: Definition and part of speech

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Antiphone

  1. n. The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Antiphony: Definition and part of speech

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Antiphony

  1. n. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
  2. n. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Antiphrasis: Definition and part of speech

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Antiphrasis

  1. n. The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.