different between antiphonary vs antiphon

English

Noun

antiphonary (plural antiphonaries)

1. An antiphonal.

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Adjective

antiphonary (comparative more antiphonary, superlative most antiphonary)

1. Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony.

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English

Etymology

From French antiphone or Medieval Latin antiph?na, from Ancient Greek ???????? (antíph?na, “responses, musical accords”), neuter plural substantive of ????????? (antíph?nos, “concordant”) from ???? (antí, “in return”) + ???? (ph?n?, “sound”). Compare anthem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ænt?f?n/

Noun

antiphon (plural antiphons)

1. A devotional piece of music sung responsively.
2. A response or reply.
   • 2007, Barbara Everett, ‘Making and Breaking in Shakespeare's Romances’, in the London Review of Books 29:6, page 20:

     The Clown […] says: ‘And so we wept; and there was the first gentleman-like tears that ever we shed’; to which his father, the Shepherd, adds the comfortable antiphon, ‘We may live, son, to shed many more.’

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Further reading

• antiphon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia