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antiphonary

[ an-tif-uh-ner-ee ]

noun

plural antiphonaries.
  1. a book of antiphons.


antiphonary

/ æ²Ôˈ³Ùɪ´ÚÉ™²ÔÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. a bound collection of antiphons, esp for use in the divine office
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to such a book
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of antiphonary1

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ²¹²Ô³Ù¾±±è³óŲÔÄå°ù¾±³Ü³¾; learned borrowing replacing earlier versions, which had undergone changes: Middle English anfenere, antefenar, antiphoner ( e ), Old English antefnere (compare Middle Dutch antiffenaer, Middle Low German ²¹²Ô³Ù¾±´Ú±ð²Ôŧ°ù, Old High German antiphenere ) < Medieval Latin See antiphon, -ary
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Example Sentences

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In the Latin Church it was not practised until more than two centuries later, when it was introduced by Ambrose, bishop of Milan, who compiled an antiphonary, or collection of words suitable for antiphonal singing.

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Altars, statues, pictures, antiphonaries, missals, graduals—all underwent a common fate.

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There are also said to be a psalter and antiphonary of the fourteenth century, and a Bull of Urban V. relating to the Crusades of 1365.

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He is said to dwell mainly upon the proper manner of performing the antiphonary and the graduale.

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He sat all day over his antiphonary, in the little carrel off the cloister, and as he worked his mind toiled like a mill.

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