responsoriallyadv.
/rᵻspɒnˈsɔːrɪəli/, /ˌrɛspɒnˈsɔːrɪəli/, U.S. /rəˌspɑnˈsɔriəli/, /ˌrispɑnˈsɔriəli/, /ˌrɛspɑnˈsɔriəli/ Christian Church.
With reference to liturgical singing or chanting: alternately or with responses.
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1845 W. B. Heathcote Psalter p. xiii It is also recommended that, when possible, the Canticles, &c., should be chanted responsorially..as a security against fatigue.
1895 F. E. Warren Antiphonary of Bangor II. 35/2 We believe that they were all intended to be used, like ‘Audite coeli’, responsorially not antiphonally.
1901 F. Procter & W. H. Frere New Hist. Bk. Common Prayer xi. 406 The Arians..went through the city..to their places of worship, singing responsorially all the way.
1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy ii. v. 186 On these occasions the processional chant, or Rogation psalm, was sung responsorially.
1978 P. G. Cobb in C. Jones et al. Study of Liturgy ii. iii. v. 186 It is not until the fourth century that there is clear evidence of psalms being sung responsorially.
1998 Church Times 24 July 28/2 The Gloria was sung responsorially by John Sentamu..to the accompaniment of African drums.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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