Category:Responsory

Re*spon"so*ry (r*spn"s*r), a.

Defn: containing or making answer; answering. Johnson.

Responsory Re*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-r. Etym: [ll. responsorium.]

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.)

Defn: an antiphonary; a response book.