n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. antiphonaire. See Antiphon. ] A book of antiphons. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. 'anti`fwna. See Anthem. ] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A verse said before and after the psalms. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A book of antiphons or anthems. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ LL. antiphonarium. See Antiphoner. ] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Antiphonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antiphonies [ See Antiphon. ] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

O! never more for me shall winds intone,
With all your tops, a vast antiphony. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]