• Antiphony

    Full definition of antiphony

    Noun

    antiphony

    (plural antiphonies)
    1. (music) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
    2. alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
      • 1662, Henry More, , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 76:"Besides that Cardan pleases himself with that Antiphonie in Nature, that as the Ostrich being a Bird, yet never shes in the Aire, so this Bird of Paradise should alwayes be in the Aire, and never rest upon the Earth."
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