noun
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A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
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An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
adjective
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Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
example
The antiphonal hymn was sung regularly at church.
Examples of antiphonal in a Sentence
And after this a pervigilium, celebrated with antiphonal and joint singing on the part of men and women and with choral dancing in imitation of Moses and Miriam at the Red Sea.
In antiphonal music, or music modeled on the antiphonal situation of solo and chorus, tonality shifts regularly between solo and chorus sections.
Antiphonal Chant - A two minute section, this one is louder than the first, with trombones, trumpets, horns and cornets being joined by woodwinds for a spectacularly loud finish.
The two friends assembled their adherents outside the city walls for the observance of the exercises of religion; and, according to Theodoret, it was in these meetings that the practice of antiphonal singing was first introduced in the services of the church.