antiphony

/an-tif-uh-nee/US // ænˈtɪf ə ni //UK // (ænˈtɪfənɪ) //

反话,反话语,反话语权,反话音

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural an·tiph·o·nies.
- : alternate or responsive singing by a choir in two divisions.
- : a psalm, verse, etc., so sung; antiphon.
- : a responsive musical utterance.

Oh, never more for me shall winds intone With all your tops a vast antiphony, Demanding and responding in God's praise!
He consumed the cleansings and turned to read the antiphony with resonant voice.
Trinidad recited his appeal and the Judge boomed out his ponderous antiphony.
The revival of 1851–2 was a local one, but was believed by many to have been inspired by a celestial antiphony.
Antiphony was the ancient mode of rendering music, in which two sets of voices sang alternately.