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Webster 1913 Edition

Antiphon

An′ti-phon

,

Noun.

[LL.

antiphona

, fr. Gr.

ἀντίφωνα

. See

.]

1.

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See

, and

.

2.

A verse said before and after the psalms.

Shipley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Antiphon

AN'TIPHON

,

Noun.

[See Antiphony.]

The chant or alternate singing in choirs of cathedrals.