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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions antiphon noun  A devotional piece of music sung responsively. A response or reply. 2007: The Clown ... says: "And so we wept; and there was the first gentleman-like tears that ever we shed"; to which his father, the Shepherd, adds the comfortable , "We may live, son, to shed many more." " Barbara Everett, "Making and Breaking in Shakespeare's Romances", London Review of Books 29:6, p. 20 Etymology: From French antiphone or mediaeval Latin antiphona, from Greek á "responses, musical accords", from á "in return" + - "sounding", from "vocal noise". Compare anthem.      Full Definition of antiphon  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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