antiphon
pronunciation
How to pronounce antiphon in British English:
UK ['æntɪfən]
How to pronounce antiphon in American English:
US ['æntɪfən]
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- Noun:
- a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Word Origin
- antiphon
- antiphon: see anthem
- antiphon (n.)
- c. 1500, "a versicle sung responsively," from Middle French antiphone "hymn" or directly from Medieval Latin antiphona, from Greek antiphona, from anti- "over against" (see anti-) + phone "voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). A re-adoption of the word which had become anthem in English and lost its original meaning.
Example
- 1. Relating to or resembling an antiphon .
- 2. Antiphon poetry poetize everyday life , and maybe it is their ultimate significant value in literary history .
- 3. The offertory verses were united in the late middle ages , and now only the offertory of the requiem mass shows one verse with a partial repetition of the antiphon .