Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Antiphony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Antiphony \An*tiph"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Antiphonies}. [See
{Antiphon}.]
1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or
congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all
your tops, a vast antiphony. --R. Browning.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
antiphony
n 1: alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
2: a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response [syn: {antiphon}]
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