English

Noun

kontakion ‎(plural kontakia)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A form of hymn or poem recited as a dialogue between a chanter and the choir.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 454:

     The liturgical form of hymn which replaced the kontakion was the canon, a set of nine hymns.