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Antiphon (person) — Antiphon the Sophist lived in Athens probably in the last two decades of the 5th century BC. There is an ongoing controversy over whether he is one and the same with Antiphon (Unicode|Ἀντιφῶν) of the Athenian deme Rhamnus in Attica (480 ndash;411 … Wikipedia
Antiphon (in the Greek Church) — Antiphon (in the Greek Church) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antiphon (in the Greek Church) (antiphonon) Socrates, the church historian (Hist. Eccl., VI, viii), says that St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, the third in succession from… … Catholic encyclopedia
Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy) — Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antiphon (in Greek Liturgy) The Greek Liturgy uses antiphons, not only in the Office, but also in the Mass, at Vespers, and at all the canonical Hours. Nor is this all; antiphons… … Catholic encyclopedia
Antiphon — This article is about the musical term. See Antiphon (person) the orator of ancient Greece. An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί opposite + φωνή voice ) is a response, usually sung in Gregorian chant, to a psalm or some other part of a religious… … Wikipedia
o antiphon — noun Usage: usually capitalized O&A Etymology: o (II); from the fact that it opens with O (as O Adonai) : great antiphon … Useful english dictionary
O Antiphon — noun see great antiphon … Useful english dictionary
O antiphon — The Annunciation The O Antiphons are Magnificat antiphons used at Vespers of the last seven days of Advent in various liturgical Christian traditions. Each antiphon is a name of Christ, one of his attributes mentioned in Scripture. They are:… … Wikipedia
Marian antiphon — Marian antiphons are a group of sacred devotional songs in the Gregorian chant repertory of the Roman Catholic Church sung in honor of the Virgin Mary. Marian antiphons are not true antiphons, in that they are not associated and chanted with a… … Wikipedia
Mozarabic Rite — • The name Mozarabic Rite is given to the rite used generally in Spain and in what afterwards became Portugal from the earliest times of which we have any information down to the latter part of the eleventh century, and still surviving in the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Gallican rite — The Gallican Rite is a historical sub grouping of the Roman Catholic liturgy in western Europe; it is not a single rite but actually a family of rites within the Western Rite which comprised the majority use of most of Christianity in western… … Wikipedia
