1. books containing antiphons and other choral music for religious services
Usage: ecclesiastical; plural form

Examples

• The choir director distributed the antiphonals before the evening service.
• Ancient antiphonals contain beautiful illuminated manuscripts with musical notation.
• The monastery’s library housed several medieval antiphonals.
• New antiphonals were ordered for the cathedral’s expanded choir.
• The antiphonals were carefully preserved in the church archives.
• Scholars studied the antiphonals to understand early church music.