What is another word for antiphonary?

Pronunciation: [ˌantɪfˈɒnəɹi] (IPA)

Antiphonary, also known as an antiphonal or antiphoner, is a liturgical book containing antiphons, choral responses, and hymns for specific liturgical celebrations. Synonyms for antiphonary include liturgical book, missal, hymnal, psalter, and breviary. A liturgical book is a book that contains liturgical texts used in various Catholic or Orthodox rituals. A missal is a book containing instructions and texts for the celebration of Mass. A hymnal is a collection of hymns for worship, while a psalter contains the 150 psalms used in Jewish and Christian worship. A breviary is a book containing the daily prayer services of the Catholic Church. Regardless of their name, these books play an important role in worship and prayer for many individuals.

What are the hypernyms for Antiphonary?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    book, volume, liturgical book, church document, liturgical text.

Usage examples for Antiphonary

"I will add that even if that musician had finished his work, that would not prove that his interpretation ought to be preferred to that which has been recently constituted after patient researches by the Abbey of Solesmes, for the Benedictine texts are based on the copy preserved at the monastery of St. Gall of the antiphonary of Saint Gregory, which represents the most ancient and the most certain monument which the Church preserves of the true plain chant.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
The Monastery of St. Gall possesses a copy of Gregory's antiphonary, made about the year 780 by a chorister who was sent from Rome to Charlemagne to reform the Northern music, and in this the notes are indicated by "pneumss," from which our notes were gradually developed, and first arranged along one line, to which others were gradually added.
"The Pleasures of Life"
Sir John Lubbock

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