2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or
congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
[1913 Webster]
O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. --R. Browning. [1913 Webster] ||
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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