1. relating to or characterized by antiphony; sung or recited alternately by two groups
Usage: music; religious

1. a book of antiphons or responsive chants
Usage: religious; music

Examples

• The choir performed an antiphonal psalm with half singing each verse.
• The antiphonal singing echoed beautifully through the cathedral.
• They used an antiphonal arrangement for the hymn.
• The priest consulted the antiphonal for the proper chants.
• Antiphonal music creates a dialogue between two groups of singers.
• The medieval antiphonal contained hundreds of sacred songs.