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...
- 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...
- "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...
- The Responsories by the German composer Max Reger are 20 short settings of mostly biblical texts in English, to be used as responsories in Lutheran church...
- Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday In monte Oliveti Tristis est anima mea Alex Ross writes about Gesualdo's setting of this responsory: "... begins...
- character and greater solemnity of the Roman form of compline comes from the responsory, In m**** tuas, Domine ("Into Thy hands, O Lord"), with the evangelical...
- biblical reading with its responsory is that ****igned to the w****day. The hagiographical second reading with its responsory is proper to the saint, but...
- versicle, a silent Pater noster, and three readings, each followed by a responsory. The pre-1970 lauds consists of five psalms, a short versicle and response...
- transisset Sabbatum (Responsory for Matins) Gaude gloriosa Dei mater (Votive antiphon) In Ieiunio Et Fletu In M**** Tuas (Responsory for Compline) In Pace...