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Antiphon
01
a verse or song relating to a call-and-response pattern, where one group or person initiates a line or phrase, and another group or person responds with a corresponding line or phrase
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
antiphons
Examples
As part of the religious ceremony, the bishop intoned the antiphon, and the congregation echoed in response.
Lexical Tree
antiphonal
antiphon
phon
