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antiphonally

antiphonally

1 8.9
Two groups take turns singing or speaking
  • adverb
  • /ˌæn.tɪˈfɒn.ə.li/
  • Specialized
: antifonalmente
  • It also sung antiphonally, and many parishioners joined in the altar servers' responses, so it wasn't what I was expecting in a TLM!

Examples

  • The last highlighted section speaks for itself, " However, there is quite a stretch between women teaching (i.e., expounding, explaining, clarifying, and elucidating Scripture) and reading Scripture antiphonally and collectively without giving instruction."

    Blog text (5)
  • The chants, which are beautiful in a simple, country monastery kind of way, are sung antiphonally, meaning that the schola and the faithful alternate voices.

    Blog text (20)
  • Playing begins antiphonally, the players alternating turns.

    Academic text (1991)
  • "It was a litany they'd recited antiphonally over the last couple of months.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • One of them is a sad story of the deaths of kings: the fall of public man and woman, as narrated by Russell Jacoby and repeated antiphonally by many others.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In asserting that Pastor Schewe was wrong to allow women to read sections of Scripture antiphonally, you want to be careful that you don't turn the application of a principle into the principle itself.

    Blog text (5)
  • However, there is quite a stretch between women teaching (i.e., expounding, explaining, clarifying, and elucidating Scripture) and reading Scripture antiphonally and collectively without giving instruction.

    Blog text (5)
  • The choir sang antiphonally, with one side responding to the other.

  • During the ceremony, the participants recited their vows antiphonally, creating a beautiful harmony.

  • In ancient churches, chants were often performed antiphonally, allowing the congregation to join in the alternating verses.

Surface Forms

antiphonally positive

Morphology

antiphonally = antiphonal (semi-transparent) = antiphon + al + ly

The change from the adjective 'antiphonal' to the adverb 'antiphonally' is a regular and transparent -al + -ly derivation.

Etymology

Antiphonally comes from the Greek parts anti- ('opposite') and phon- ('voice' or 'sound'), the same sound root in telephone and symphony. Picture two groups answering each other like a musical call-and-response. So, antiphonally means 'in a way where two groups or voices take turns'.