Alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts.
Dutch: antifoon, tegenzang
A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response.
synonym: antiphon.
Roget 415:
music;
concert;
strain,
tune,
air;
melody
etc.
413;
aria,
arietta†;
piece of music [Fr.],
work,
number,
opus;
sonata;
rondo,
rondeau [Fr.];
pastorale,
cavatina†,
roulade†,
fantasia,
concerto,
overture,
symphony,
variations,
cadenza;
cadence;
fugue,
canon,
quodlibet,
serenade,
notturno [It],
dithyramb;
opera,
operetta;
oratorio;
composition,
movement;
stave;
passamezzo [It],
toccata,
Vorspiel [G.].
instrumental music;
full score;
minstrelsy,
tweedledum and tweedledee,
band,
orchestra;
concerted piece [Fr.],
potpourri,
capriccio.
vocal music,
vocalism†;
chaunt,
chant;
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn;
song
etc.
(poem)
597;
canticle,
canzonet†,
cantata,
bravura,
lay,
ballad,
ditty,
carol,
pastoral,
recitative,
recitativo†,
solfeggio†.
Lydian measures;
slow music,
slow movement;
adagio
etc.
adv.;
minuet;
siren strains,
soft music,
lullaby;
dump;
dirge
etc.
(lament)
839;
pibroch†;
martial music,
march;
dance music;
waltz
etc.
(dance)
840.
solo,
duet,
duo,
trio;
quartet,
quartett†;
septett†;
part song,
descant,
glee,
madrigal,
catch,
round,
chorus,
chorale;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
accompaniment,
second,
bass;
score;
bourdon†,
drone,
morceau†,
terzetto†.
composer
etc.
413;
musician
etc.
416.
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Roget 990:
worship,
adoration,
devotion,
aspiration,
homage,
service,
humiliation;
kneeling,
genuflection,
prostration.
prayer,
invocation,
supplication,
rogation,
intercession,
orison,
holy breathing;
petition
etc.
(request)
765;
collect,
litany,
Lord's prayer,
paternoster [Lat.];
beadroll†;
latria†,
dulia†,
hyperdulia†,
vigils;
revival;
cult;
anxious meeting,
camp meeting;
ebenezer,
virginal.
thanksgiving;
giving thanks,
returning thanks;
grace,
praise,
glorification,
benediction,
doxology,
hosanna;
hallelujah,
allelujah†;
Te Deum [Lat.],
non nobis Domine [Lat.],
nunc dimittis [Lat.];
paean;
benschen [G.];
Ave Maria,
O Salutaris,
Sanctus [Lat.],
The Annunciation,
Tersanctus,
Trisagion.
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn,
plain song,
chant,
chaunt,
response,
anthem,
motet;
antiphon†,
antiphony.
oblation,
sacrifice,
incense,
libation;
burnt offering,
heave offering,
votive offering;
offertory.
discipline;
self-discipline,
self-examination,
self-denial;
fasting.
divine service,
office,
duty;
exercises;
morning prayer;
mass,
matins,
evensong,
vespers;
undernsong†,
tierce†;
holyday
etc.
(rites)
998.
worshipper,
congregation,
communicant,
celebrant.
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Roget 462:
answer,
response,
reply,
replication,
riposte,
rejoinder,
surrejoinder†,
rebutter,
surrebutter†,
retort,
repartee;
rescript,
rescription†;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
acknowledgment;
password;
echo;
counter statement.
discovery
etc.
480.1;
solution
etc.
(explanation)
522;
rationale
etc.
(cause)
153;
clue
etc.
(indication)
550.
Oedipus;
oracle
etc.
513;
return
etc.
(record)
551.
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