Definition of Antiphon. Meaning of Antiphon. Synonyms of Antiphon

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Definition of Antiphon

Antiphon
Antiphon An"ti*phon, n. [LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. ?. See Anthem.] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone. 2. A verse said before and after the psalms. --Shipley.

Meaning of Antiphon from wikipedia

- An antiphon (Gr**** ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") is a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain. The texts of antiphons are usually...
- Look up antiphon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In music, an antiphon is a responsory by a choir or congregation in Christian music. Antiphon may also...
- Antiphon of Rhamnus (/ˈæntɪfɒn, -ən/; Gr****: Ἀντιφῶν ὁ Ῥαμνούσιος; 480–411 BC) was the earliest of the ten Attic orators, and an important figure in fifth-century...
- (Ecclesiastical Latin: [reˈdʒina ˈtʃeli]; Queen of Heaven) is a musical antiphon addressed to the Blessed Virgin Mary that is used in the liturgy of the...
- The O Antiphons (also known as the Great Advent Antiphons or Great Os) are Magnificat antiphons used at Vespers on the last seven days of Advent in Western...
- Antiphon is the fourth studio album by American folk rock band Midlake, released on November 5, 2013, on Bella Union Records, in Europe, and ATO Records...
- The name Antiphon the Sophist (/ˈæntəˌfɒn, -ən/; Gr****: Ἀντιφῶν) is used to refer to the writer of several Sophistic treatises. He probably lived in Athens...
- Christian denominations. In its most complete version, it consists of an antiphon, psalm verse and Gloria Patri, which are spoken or sung at the beginning...
- Marian antiphons are a group of hymns in the Gregorian chant repertory of the Catholic Church, sung in honor of the Virgin Mary. Marian antiphons are not...
- Antiphon (Ancient Gr****: Ἀντιφῶν) was in ancient Greece a tragic poet whom Plutarch, Philostratus, and others, confused with the Attic orator Antiphon...