Crossword clues for antiphonal
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antiphonal \An*tiph"o*nal\, a.
Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung
alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.
--Wheatly.
-- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.
Antiphonal \An*tiph"o*nal\, n. A book of antiphons or anthems.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. (context music English) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts. n. 1 A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner. 2 An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
WordNet
adj. containing or using responses or antiphons recited or sung in alternation; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal liturgy" [syn: responsive]
relating to or resembling an antiphon [syn: antiphonary]
n. bound collection of antiphons [syn: antiphonary]
Usage examples of "antiphonal".
It was from this antiphonal song, this alternation of versicle and respond, that the religious drama of the Middle Ages took its rise.
Elvis Studies by participating in an antiphonal lecture in which the two men speak of the similarities between Elvis Presley and Adolf Hitler.
Their voices rose like distant waves in a slow, antiphonal song, punctuated by the rumble of huge drums bound in human hide, which thumped and throbbed like the beating of a gigantic heart.
Each centre was being equipped as a space port and education unit, in which terrestrials would learn to understand the antiphonal complexities of Galingua and to behave as citizens of a well-populated galaxy.
The cocks wake up if there is the faintest moonshine and begin an antiphonal service between responsive barn-yards.
Gavin backed away from the groupritual, hearing fragments of speech and antiphonal response as he went.
Their voices rose like distant waves in a slow, antiphonal song, punctuated by the rumble of huge drums bound in human hide, which thumped and throbbed like the beating of a gigantic heart.
The cocks wake up if there is the faintest moonshine and begin an antiphonal service between responsive barn-yards.
Gavin backed away from the groupritual, hearing fragments of speech and antiphonal response as he went.
They heard as it were antiphonal singing, though more drunk than sober, approach.