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Bound collection of antiphons
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antiphonary
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WordNet
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adj. relating to or resembling an antiphon [syn: antiphonal ] n. bound collection of antiphons [syn: antiphonal ]
Wikipedia
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An Antiphonary , Antiphonal , "Antiphony" or Antiphoner (Latin antiphonarium, antiphonarius, antiphonarius liber, antiphonale ; Greek ’antíphonon, antiphon, antiphone, anthem ) is one of the liturgical books intended for use in choro (i. e. in the liturgical ...
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a. Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony. n. An antiphonal.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antiphonary \An*tiph"o*na*ry\, n. [LL. antiphonarium. See Antiphoner .] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
Usage examples of antiphonary.
He is said to dwell mainly upon the proper manner of performing the antiphonary and the graduale.
The Antiphonary of Bangor proves that Ireland accepted the Gallican version in the 7th century, and the English Church did so in the 10th.
A fragment of an Antiphonary of Nocturnal Services, now in the Laurentian Library at Florence, finished in 1370, shows the style of work to be of the kind just described.
I have not patience to relate how many initial letters of antiphonaries and sixteenth-, seventeenth- and even eighteenth-century miniatures have been touched up or repainted and passed off as true and ancient representations of Jeanne.
He was a skilful writer and singer, and he wrote one missal for the High Altar, and three Antiphonaries, and likewise illuminated several books.