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Webster 1913 Edition
Antiphony
1.
A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
2.
An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
O! never more for me shall winds intone,
With all your tops, a vast
With all your tops, a vast
antiphony
. R. Browning.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antiphony
ANTIPH'ONY
,Noun.
1.
The answer of one choir to another, when an anthem or psalm is sung by two choirs; alternate singing.2.
A species of psalmody, when a congregation is divided into two parts, and each sings the verses alternately.3.
The words given out at the beginning of a psalm, to which both the choirs are to accommodate their singing.4.
A musical composition of several verses, extracted from different psalms.