The old antiphon came back.
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Antiphon
//ˈæntɪfən//
Synonyms for "antiphon" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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6 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀντίφωνον noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Catalan
1 entries- antífona noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Finnish
3 entries- antifoni noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
- vastarepliikki noun (response or reply)
- vastaus noun (response or reply)
French
1 entries- antienne noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Greek
1 entries- αντίφωνο noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Ido
1 entries- antifono noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Irish
1 entries- ainteafan noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Italian
1 entries- antifona noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Middle English
1 entries- anteme noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Polish
1 entries- antyfona noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Portuguese
1 entries- antífona noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Spanish
1 entries- antífona noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Swedish
2 entries- antifon noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
- antifoni noun (devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively)
Sample sentences
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Father Vaillant came back in his vestments, with his pyx and basin of holy water, and began sprinkling the bed and the watchers, repeating the antiphon, Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo, et mundabor.
Source: wiktionary
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.’
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