Thesaurus: responsory

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1. a. Containing or making answer; answering.
2. n. The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service.
3. n. A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain.
4. n. An antiphonary; a response book.
5. Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson. 1. (Eccl.) (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton. 2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.
6. Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson.
7. a. Containing or making answer; answering. n. The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. n. A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. n. An antiphonary; a response book.