noun
- books containing antiphons and other chants used in Christian liturgical services
Usage: liturgical; plural form of antiphonary
Examples
- The choir director collected the antiphonaries after the evening service.
- Medieval antiphonaries contained elaborate musical notation for Gregorian chant.
- The monastery’s library housed several ancient antiphonaries dating back centuries.
- Students of liturgical music study antiphonaries to understand traditional church singing.
- The cathedral’s antiphonaries were carefully preserved in climate-controlled cases.
- Scholars compared different antiphonaries to trace the evolution of sacred music.