Antiphonal: alternatives and connections

Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of th…

Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, be…

Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the litur…

The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

of Antiphony

an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally ‘as the ox ploughs’

Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall.

A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the mos…

Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.

Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.

In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.

Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir…

Divided; split; partly divided or split.

Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines,…

Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Th…

A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or pe…

In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir o…

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,…