antiphony
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Noun
antiphony (plural antiphonies)
- (music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
- alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 76:
- "Besides that Cardan pleases himself with that Antiphonie in Nature, that as the Ostrich being a Bird, yet never shes in the Aire, so this Bird of Paradise should alwayes be in the Aire, and never rest upon the Earth."
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 76:
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