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A verse said before and after the psalms.
A book of antiphons or anthems.
Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.
A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.
A book of antiphons.
Antiphonal.
of Antiphony
An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
Alt. of Antiphrastical
Pertaining to antiphrasis.
A medicine for phthisis.
Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.
Relieving flatulence; carminative.
Contrary to nature; unnatural.
Diminishing plasticity.
Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
A medicine for gout.