Meanings
plural antiphonals
- A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
Synonyms: antiphoner, antiphonar, antiphonary
- not comparableentertainmentCharacterized by antiphones or antiphony; incorporating alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts.
The antiphonal hymn was sung regularly at church.
1 more example
[…] in the lengthened antiphonal dirge at the end […]
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 88
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecontaining or using responses; alternating
adjectiverelating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan antifonari
- antifonaria book of antiphons
Irish ainteafanúil
- ainteafanúilcharacterized by antiphones or antiphony
Italian antifonario
- antifonarioa book of antiphons
Polish antyfonarz, antyfonalny
- antyfonarza book of antiphons
- antyfonalnycharacterized by antiphones or antiphony
Portuguese antifonário, antifonal
- antifonárioa book of antiphons
- antifonalcharacterized by antiphones or antiphony
- antifónicocharacterized by antiphones or antiphony
- antifônicocharacterized by antiphones or antiphony
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Cite this entry
antiphonal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiphonal
“antiphonal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiphonal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiphonal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiphonal.
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