antiphonal.

Sung or sounded in alternation by two groups or voices responding to each other.

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Words that belong together

• antiphonal singing
• an antiphonal chant
• antiphonal responses

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Antiphonal singing moved between the two galleries as if the building were answering itself.

The antiphonal responses made it difficult to tell where the congregation ended and the choir began.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Non-gradable relational adjective. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.