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Definition of Antiphonies
1. antiphony [n] - See also: antiphony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiphonies
Literary usage of Antiphonies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"Such as the ' Greater antiphonies of О ' ; the ' Roga- tional ... the ' Antiphona
de Podio ' ; the ' Processional antiphonies ' Arc. By the Con- ..."
2. David's Harp in Song and Story by Joseph Waddell Clokey (1896)
"... it was ordered that the new morning service, beginning at 6 o'clock, should
be performed with six antiphonies and two Psalms, in the height of summer; ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1862)
"So it happened, that on this first day the various antiphonies, gospel and psalm
melodies, the sort of singing reading, which all comes before you there in ..."
4. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
""Doubtless, the first rule for arranging ecclesiastical services among us, as
mnde up of psalms, canticles, hymns, collects, and antiphonies, was hence ..."
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