ANTIPHON | • antiphon n. A devotional piece of music sung responsively. • antiphon n. A response or reply. • Antiphon prop.n. An Ancient Greek sophist who wrote several philosophical treatises (480 – 411 BCE). |
ANTIPHONS | • antiphons n. Plural of antiphon. • ANTIPHON n. (Greek) alternate chanting or singing. |
ANTIPHONY | • antiphony n. (Music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted… • antiphony n. Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition. • ANTIPHONY n. antiphonal chanting or singing. |
ANTIPHONAL | • antiphonal n. A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner. • antiphonal n. An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner. • antiphonal adj. (Music) Characterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by… |
ANTIPHONER | • antiphoner n. An antiphonal. • ANTIPHONER n. a book of antiphons or of anthems, also ANTIPHONAL, ANTIPHONARY. |
ANTIPHONIC | • antiphonic adj. Having the presence of an antiphon between two choirs with a call and a response in song or in chant… • ANTIPHONIC adj. mutually responsive, also ANTIPHONICAL. |
ANTIPHONALS | • antiphonals n. Plural of antiphonal. • ANTIPHONAL n. a book of antiphons or of anthems. |
ANTIPHONARY | • antiphonary n. An antiphonal. • antiphonary adj. Pertaining to an antiphon or antiphony. • ANTIPHONARY n. a book of antiphons or of anthems, also ANTIPHONAL, ANTIPHONER. |
ANTIPHONERS | • antiphoners n. Plural of antiphoner. • ANTIPHONER n. a book of antiphons or of anthems, also ANTIPHONAL, ANTIPHONARY. |
ANTIPHONIES | • antiphonies n. Plural of antiphony. • ANTIPHONY n. antiphonal chanting or singing. |
ANTIPHRASES | • antiphrases n. Plural of antiphrasis. • antiphrases n. Plural of antiphrase. • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning. |
ANTIPHRASIS | • antiphrasis n. (Rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for… • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning. |
ANTIPHONALLY | • antiphonally adv. In an antiphonal manner; in the manner of an antiphon. • ANTIPHONAL adv. sung or recited in alternation. |
ANTIPHONICAL | • antiphonical adj. Alternative form of antiphonic. • ANTIPHONICAL adj. (obsolete) mutually responsive, also ANTIPHONIC. |
ANTIPHRASTIC | • antiphrastic adj. (Rhetoric) of, or relating to antiphrasis. • ANTIPHRASTIC adj. involving antiphrasis, ironical, also ANTIPHRASTICAL. |
ANTIPHONARIES | • antiphonaries n. Plural of antiphonary. • ANTIPHONARY n. a book of antiphons or of anthems, also ANTIPHONAL, ANTIPHONER. |
ANTIPHLOGISTIC | • antiphlogistic adj. (Pharmacology) Counteracting inflammation. • antiphlogistic adj. Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston. • antiphlogistic n. (Pharmacology) A plant or remedy that reduces inflammation. |
ANTIPHONICALLY | • antiphonically adv. With antiphony. • ANTIPHONICAL adv. (obsolete) mutually responsive, also ANTIPHONIC. |
ANTIPHRASTICAL | • antiphrastical adj. (Rhetoric) Antiphrastic. • ANTIPHRASTICAL adj. (obsolete) involving antiphrasis, ironical, also ANTIPHRASTIC. |
ANTIPHLOGISTICS | • antiphlogistics n. Plural of antiphlogistic. • ANTIPHLOGISTIC n. an antipyretic, a drug used against inflammation. |