responsaryn.

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter sig. Gii The church is well compared..to the Seas, which..in the prayer of all the billowes meting together make a great noise by the responsaries and answers of the Psalms.

1617 R. Speght Certaine Qvaeres To Rdr. in Movzell for Melastomvs sig. F It would admit no such order to bee obserued in the answering thereof, as a regular Responsarie requireth.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 56 That use of Subalternation in the service of God, of that, which we have called Antiphones, and Responsaries.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 256 The Pagans had not only such certain forms of Prayer, but also Repetitions and Responsaries.

1845 J. H. Newman Lives Eng. Saints p. vi The words ‘patriæ pater genuit patronum’, which occur in a Responsary, look as if the Saint was considered to be a native of Galloway.

1866 Liturgy Ch. Sarum 88 The Ten Commandments, and their responsaries.

1910 Open Court June 354 He saw these mourning Jews kiss the holy stones and he heard the responsaries which they sang.

1959 Notes 2nd Ser. 17 104/1 Gaude Maria (responsary for the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary).

1995 E. G. Hinson Church Triumphant viii. xlvi. 421/1 He found wide variations in order and words, and even in antiphons and responsaries.