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Antiphon vs. Antiphone — What's the Difference?

Antiphon vs. Antiphone — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Antiphon and Antiphone

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Antiphon

An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") is a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain. The texts of antiphons are the Psalms.

Antiphone

Antiphon

Antiphon

A devotional composition sung responsively as part of a liturgy.

Antiphone

The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

Antiphon

A short liturgical text chanted or sung responsively preceding or following a psalm, psalm verse, or canticle.
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Antiphon

Such a text formerly used as a response but now rendered independently.

Antiphon

A response; a reply
"It would be truer ... to see [conservation] as an antiphon to the modernization of the 1950s and 1960s" (Raphael Samuel).

Antiphon

A devotional piece of music sung responsively.

Antiphon

A response or reply.

Antiphon

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

Antiphon

A verse said before and after the psalms.

Antiphon

A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response

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