Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Responsory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\ (r?*sp?n"s?*r?), a.
Containing or making answer; answering. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r?z). [LL.
responsorium.]
1. (Eccl.)
(a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate
speaking, in church service.
(b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a
refrain.
Which, if should repeat again, would turn my
answers into responsories, and beget another
liturgy. --Milton.
2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.
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