OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18494

antiphon

/ˈæntɪfən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
antífona
A devotional chant; a piece of music sung responsively.
Father Vaillant came back in his vestments, with his pyx and basin of holy water, and began sprinkling the bed and the watchers, repeating the antiphon, Asperges me, Domine, hyssop…
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