antiphonal

A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.

Adjective

  1. Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
    • The antiphonal hymn was sung regularly at church.
    • […] in the lengthened antiphonal dirge at the end […] - 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 88:

Derived

antiphonally

Noun

  1. A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.

    Synonyms: antiphoner antiphonar antiphonary

  2. An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.

Forms

antiphonals