English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]antiphonal (plural antiphonals)
- A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
- Synonyms: antiphoner, antiphonar, antiphonary
- An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
Translations
[edit]a book of antiphons
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antiphon — see antiphon
Adjective
[edit]antiphonal (not comparable)
- (music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
- The antiphonal hymn was sung regularly at church.
- 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 88:
- […] in the lengthened antiphonal dirge at the end […]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]characterized by antiphones or antiphony
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References
[edit]- “antiphonal”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
