单词 | antiphon |
释义 | antiphonn. 1. A versicle or sentence sung by one choir in response to another. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > response > [noun] answer1440 R1497 responda1555 response1578 interlocution1597 responsory1621 responsora1649 antiphona1652 responsala1652 cathisma1850 responsor1944 society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > [noun] > refrain trope1609 antiphona1652 prosula1907 ephymnium1910 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > antiphon > choral response antiphony1592 antiphona1652 a1652 J. Smith Sel. Disc. (1660) iv. ix. 115 The Responsals or Antiphons wherein each of them catcheth at the others part & keeps time with it. 1661 T. F. S. (title) A Manual of Prayers and Litanies, Hymns with Antiphones. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xvi. 269 The antiphons were sung by the choirboys alone. 2. A composition, in prose or verse, consisting of verses or passages sung alternately by two choirs in worship; = anthem n. in the original sense, but passing also early into the modern sense of anthem. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > antiphonal > [noun] antiphonc1500 antiphony1868 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > antiphon anthemOE anteync1300 antiphonc1500 antiphony1868 c1500 Consecr. Nuns in Maskell Mon. Rit. II. 318 Syngeng all together thys antiphone: Ancilla Christi sum. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 297 The whole Quire..may joyne with Simeon in this Antiphon, Nunc Dimittis. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 70 In a certaine Antiphone or Hymn. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1881) i. §6. 52 Tones which the excited ears around frame into a joyous antiphon. 3. techn. ‘A short piece of plain-song introduced before a psalm or canticle, to the Tone of which it corresponds, while the words are selected so as specially to illustrate and enforce the evangelical or prophetic meaning of the text.’ Helmore in Grove Mus. Dict. 1879. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > chanted > plainchant > part of plainchant pneumaa1398 neume1440 intonation1620 antiphony1753 mediation1776 neuma1776 antiphon1778 recitation note1844 initial1880 punctum1882 mediant1930 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. iii. 56 A sort of office or service.., consisting of an antiphone, versicle, response, and collect. 4. transf. A response, answer. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > an answer, response > predictable echo1641 antiphon1651 antiphony1657 1651 Reliq. Wotton. 376 (T.) The great synod of Protestant ambassadors that are to meet at Hamborough, which to me sounds like an antiphone to the other malign conjunctions at Colen. 1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? xxi. 228 A curious, fine ring in his tone, the antiphon, perhaps, to the clear, sweet pride that had been in Frances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.c1500 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。