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antiphonary

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an⋅tiph⋅o⋅nar⋅y

  [an-tif-uh-ner-ee]
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–noun, plural -nar⋅ies.
a book of antiphons.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML antiphōnārium; learned borrowing r. earlier versions, which had undergone changes: ME anfenere, antefenar, antiphoner(e), OE antefnere (cf. MD antiffenaer, MLG antifenēr, OHG antiphenere) < ML. See antiphon, -ary
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an·tiph·o·nar·y   (ān-tĭf'ə-něr'ē)   
n.   pl. an·tiph·o·nar·ies
A bound collection of antiphons, especially of the responsive choral parts of the Divine Office.
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