English
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Etymology
From French antiphone or mediaeval Latin antiphona, from Greek �ν�ί��να �responses, musical accords�, from �ν�ί �in return� + -��νο� �sounding�, from ��νή �vocal noise�. Compare anthem.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�æntɪf�n/
Noun
en-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 antiphon, �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
Derived terms
antiphonic
Category:Greek derivations
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