Antiphonary Definition

ăn-tĭfə-nĕrē
antiphonaries
noun
antiphonaries
A bound collection of antiphons, especially of the responsive choral parts of the Divine Office.
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A collection of antiphons, esp. a book of responsive prayers.
Webster's New World

An antiphonal.

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adjective

Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony.

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Other Word Forms of Antiphonary

Noun

Singular:
antiphonary
Plural:
antiphonaries

Antiphonary Sentence Examples

  • Ecclesiastical tradition further ascribes to Gregory the compilation of an Antiphonary, the revision and rearrangement of the system of church music, and the foundation of the Roman schola cantorum.

  • It is highly doubtful, however, whether he had anything to do either with the Antiphonary or with the invention or revival of the cantus planes; it is certain that he was not the founder of the Roman singing-school, though he may have interested himself in its endowment and extension.

  • The Antiphonary of Bangor proves that Ireland accepted the Gallican version in the 7th century, and the English Church did so in the loth.

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