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▪ I. responsory, n.|rɪˈspɒnsərɪ|
[In sense 1, ad. late L. responsōria pl. (in med.L. also sing. -ōrium neut., -ōria fem.), f. respons-, respondēre to respond: see -ory. Cf. F. responsoire (Godef.).]
1. Eccl.
a. An anthem said or sung after a lesson by a soloist and choir alternately.
Often applied to the gradual (which follows the epistle at mass).
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 39 [He] made in the lawde of that blissede virgyn,..these ij. responsoryes, Stirps Jesse, and Solem justitiæ. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 248 In matyns communly be iii orbes,..of ye whiche euery orbe conteyneth iij psalms, iii lessons, and iii responsories. 1563Foxe A. & M. 895/2 The Responsorie, which is called the Gradual (being wont to be songe at the steps going vp), with alleluya. 1638Mede Wks. (1672) 60 The Jews in their Divine Lauds were wont to praise God after this manner, in Antiphons or Responsories. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 190/2 The Responsory being sung, and some Prayers said, they return from Church. 1763Burn Eccles. Law I. 38 The invitatories, responsories, verses, collects, and whatever is said or sung in the quire. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) II. App. A. 332 The responsories..indicated by the initial words of each versicle. 1877J. D. Chambers Div. Worship 90 The Clerks ought continually to stand unless when a Responsory is sung.
transf.1649Milton Eikon. xxiv. Wks. 1851 III. 491 Which if I should repeat again, would turn my answers into Responsories, and begett another Liturgie. 1684Contempl. St. Man ii. ii. (1699) 144 What shall it be to be celebrated by all the Angels and Saints in Celestial Responsories?
†b. A response to a versicle. Obs. rare.
a1649Crashaw Poems (1904) 217 The versicle... The responsory.
†2. An oracle. Obs. rare—1.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iii. 58 The ephod of the Idolatrous Iews which they consulted as their Responsorie.
▪ II. † reˈsponsory, a. Obs.
Also 7 -ary.
[ad. med.L. responsōrius: see prec.]
1. Of the nature of an answer or reply; relating or pertaining to answering.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 22 To these and to many others..are many Epistles Responsorie. 1602W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 58 Before..the libel [is] exhibited in Court, & notice taken thereof by the def. by some responsory acte. 1638Mede Wks. (1672) 791 Divers other Letters Responsory to Beverovicius have been long expected. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 292, I could have inserted dialogismes, displaying their interrogatory part..and that part which concerns the responsory. 1737L. Clarke Hist. Bible (1740) I. i. 106 Job..maintains his virtue in responsory speeches successively to every one of theirs.
b. (Cf. responsory n. 1.)
1641R. B. K. Parall. of Liturgy w. Mass-bk. 28 The Versicle responsory to this is the fourth verse. 1659H. L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. 146 The first part of it, whose responsory terminations are ‘Have Mercy upon us’.
2. Responsive, grateful.
1641J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 57 The dull earth is responsory for that it receiveth: onely men are unthankful. a1643― Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 202 He thinks not himself so obliged to..be responsary for such a favour. |