Explore Antiphonal through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like responsive or phrase. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Antiphonal in a sentence
Antiphonal meaning
- A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner.
- An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
Synonyms of Antiphonal
Using Antiphonal
- The main meaning on this page is: A book of antiphons or anthems sung or chanted at a liturgy; an antiphonary or antiphoner. | An antiphon; a piece sung or chanted in an antiphonal manner.
- Useful related words include: religious music, church music, antiphonary, responsive.
Context around Antiphonal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Antiphonal
- In this selection, "antiphonal" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lively, strong, accompanying, unison, effect and song stand out and add context to how "antiphonal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a strong antiphonal effect and for lively antiphonal unison recitative. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "antiphonal" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with antiphonal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Of these three the antiphonal mode is the most widely followed. (11 words)
In addition, he even seems to have striven for lively, antiphonal, unison recitative". (13 words)
Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song. (18 words)
Known as Singing from the Towers, half of the choir sings from the top of the Great Gate, while the other half sings from the top of the Clock Tower approximately 60 metres away, giving a strong antiphonal effect. (39 words)
Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song. (18 words)
In addition, he even seems to have striven for lively, antiphonal, unison recitative". (13 words)
Example sentences (4)
In addition, he even seems to have striven for lively, antiphonal, unison recitative".
Known as Singing from the Towers, half of the choir sings from the top of the Great Gate, while the other half sings from the top of the Clock Tower approximately 60 metres away, giving a strong antiphonal effect.
Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song.
Of these three the antiphonal mode is the most widely followed.