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Antiphony

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition. countable, uncountable

    "Besides that Cardan pleases himself with that Antiphonie in Nature, that as the Ostrich being a Bird, yet never shes in the Aire, so this Bird of Paradise should alwayes be in the Aire, and never rest upon the Earth."

  4. 4
    alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts wordnet
  5. 5
    Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”). countable, uncountable

    "Still another phase of language which interests Professor Orr is that of vowel antiphony in the functional development of language; e.g. the “front-back” vowel sequence (tittle-tattle, et patati et patata, etc.)."

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