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Definition of Antiphon

Antiphon
Antiphon An"ti*phon, n. [LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. ?. See Anthem.] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone. 2. A verse said before and after the psalms. --Shipley.

Meaning of Antiphon from wikipedia

- An antiphon (Gr**** ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") is a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain. The texts of antiphons are usually...
- Antiphon of Rhamnus (/ˈæntɪfɒn, -ən/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀντιφῶν ὁ Ῥαμνούσιος; 480–411 BC) was the earliest of the ten Attic orators, and an important figure...
- Look up antiphon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In music, an antiphon is a responsory by a choir or congregation in Christian music. Antiphon may also...
- The O Antiphons (also known as the Great Advent Antiphons or Great Os) are antiphons used at Vespers during the Magnificat on the last seven days of Advent...
- Antiphon is the fourth studio album by American folk rock band Midlake, released on November 5, 2013, on Bella Union Records, in Europe, and ATO Records...
- In Gr**** mythology, Antiphon (/ˈæntɪfɒn, -ən/; Ancient Gr****: Άντιφόν) was one of the comrades of the Gr**** hero Odysseus. When Odysseus and 12 of his...
- Antiphon (Ancient Gr****: Ἀντιφῶν) was in ancient Greece a tragic poet whom Plutarch, Philostratus, and others, confused with the Attic orator Antiphon...
- The name Antiphon the Sophist (/ˈæntəˌfɒn, -ən/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀντιφῶν) is used to refer to the writer of several Sophistic treatises. He probably lived...
- Antiphon (Ancient Gr****: Ἀντιφῶν) was an author of ancient Greece, who wrote an account of men distinguished for virtue (περὶ τῶν ἐν ἀρετή πρωτευσάντων)...
- The Antiphon (1958) is a three-act verse tragedy by Djuna Barnes. Set in England in 1939 after the beginning of World War Two, the drama presents the Hobbs...