Definition of Responsory. Meaning of Responsory. Synonyms of Responsory

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Definition of Responsory

Responsory
Responsory Re*spon"so*ry (r?*sp?n"s?*r?), a. Containing or making answer; answering. --Johnson.
Responsory
Responsory Re*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-r?z). [LL. responsorium.] 1. (Eccl.) (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. --Milton. 2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.

Meaning of Responsory from wikipedia

- A responsory or respond is a type of chant in western Christian liturgies. The most general definition of a responsory is any psalm, canticle, or other...
- Tenebrae responsories are the responsories sung following the lessons of Tenebrae, the Matins services of the last three days of Holy W****: Maundy Thursday...
- "Libera me" ("Deliver me") is a responsory sung in the Office of the Dead in the Catholic Church, and at the absolution of the dead, a service of prayers...
- of the Blessed Virgin; in the second responsory for Friday of the third w**** of Advent and in the fifth responsory in Matins of the Expectation of the...
- transisset Sabbatum (Responsory for Matins) Gaude gloriosa Dei mater (Votive antiphon) In Ieiunio Et Fletu In M**** Tuas (Responsory for Compline) In Pace...
- self-aba****t of God in his Incarnation. (Phil 2,6–7). The second part of the responsory is a versicle which is based on the words with which Elizabeth welcomes...
- taken from the Bible, John 1:14, which became a responsory for Matins and a processional responsory for the M**** on Christmas Day. The topic is the incarnation...
- of Christ, leading to liturgical use of the text at Tenebrae: the 24th responsory for Holy W****, "Ecce quomodo moritur justus" (See how the just dies),...
- Tristis est anima mea is the second responsory of the Tenebrae for Maundy Thursday. The Latin text refers to Christ's Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane...
- Hodie nobis caelorum Rex; Responsory (Modo V) 4:45 Hodie nobis de caelo; Responsory (Modo VIII) 2:24 In principio; Responsory (Modo VII) 2:33 Super flumina...