antiphon
Meanings
noun
- A devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively.
- A response or reply.
name
- an Ancient Greek sophist who wrote several philosophical treatises (480 – 411 BCE)
- the brother of Plato
- the earliest of the ten orators, an important figure in fifth-century Athenian political and intellectual life, from Rhamnus
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From French antiphone or Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”), neuter plural substantive of ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “concordant”) from ἀντί (antí, “in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Doublet of anthem.
Derived words
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