RESPONSORY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson.

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. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton.

4.
n.

An antiphonary; a response book.