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/ˈantəˌfän/,
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antiphons, plural;
  1. (in traditional western Christian liturgy) A short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle

  2. A musical setting of such a sentence or sentences

  1. a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
  2. An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" + φωνή "voice") is a response, usually sung in Gregorian chant, to a psalm or some other part of a religious service, such as at Vespers or at a Mass. This meaning gave rise to the 'antiphony', a call and response style of singing.
  3. Antiphon the Sophist lived in Athens probably in the last two decades of the 5th century BC. There is an ongoing controversy over whether he is one and the same with Antiphon of the Athenian deme Rhamnus in Attica (480-411 BC), the earliest of the ten Attic orators. ...
  4. From the Greek words anti, meaning "against," and phone, meaning "sound." An antiphon is literally a song sung back and forth by two choirs, or by one choir divided into two sections. In the Episcopal Church, the Kyrie and the Sursum Corda are two examples of antiphons. ...
  5. a musically interesting section of chant which is sung by a choir; the text and music were intended to serve as a frame to a psalm verse (or a series of psalm verses), introducing and following it. The term is used sometimes to mean sacred song (e.g. Marian antiphons).
  6. (Gr. "alternate utterance or chanting"). 1) A short verse from the scriptures, especially the psalms, sung or recited in the liturgy and other church services. 2) Any verse or hymn sung or recited by one part of the choir or chanters in response to another part.
  7. A liturgical chant sung as the response to the verses of a Psalm; generally fairly short and simple in style.
  8. From the Latin word antiphona, meaning "sung response," an antiphon is a short liturgical text chanted or sung responsively preceding or following a psalm, psalm verse, or canticle.
  9. a sacred poem with responses or alternative parts.
  10. A composition consisting of passages for alternate singing or chanting.>Gr. antiphona: "Diverse as Hell's mad antiphone uptossed" (13)
  11. (in  Antiphon (Greek writer and statesman))
  12. a general title for a hymn or a section of the Psalter; the title describes the manner in which the hymn or Psalter are to be chanted, i.e., by two choirs in turn.
  13. Small line of text used in worship in response to a larger prayer, or reading
  14. A short text that is chanted before and after a psalm
  15. A selection of verses which were historically sung antiphonally by the two choirs. The tem is most frequently applied to Psalm 102, Psalm 145, and the Beatitudes as they are chanted at Liturgy; also to the psalm verses and refrains which replace these "antiphons" on Great Feasts. ...
  16. (1) Words or verses prefixed to and following a psalm or psalms containing thoughts on the mystery considered by the Church in the Divine office. (2) In the Mass, the prayers of the Introit, Offertory, and Communion are called antiphons.
  17. n. - a response said or sung as part of the liturgy; a psalm etc. sung alternately by two choirs. antiphonal, adj. (of music) sung alternately.
  18. a liturgical or other composition consisting of choral responses, sometimes between two choirs; a passage of this nature forming part of another composition; a repeated passage in a psalm or other liturgical piece, similar to a refrain.^[1]