antiphon
[noun]
Synonyms: answer, rejoinder, reply, respond, response, retort, return

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antiphon noun. ['antɪf(ǝ)n] LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin antiphona fem. sing. from Greek neut. pl. of antiphōnos responsive, formed as ANTI- + phōnē sound. Cf. ANTHEM.]
1. In traditional Western Christian liturgy: a short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle; a musical setting of this. LME.

2. a. A versicle or sentence sung by one choir in response to another. M17.
b. transf. A response, an echo, an answer. M17.

■ anti'phonic adjective (rare) antiphonal, mutually responsive M19.

■ anti'phonically adverb M19.

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