'Responsory' definitions:
Definition of 'Responsory'
From: GCIDE
- Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\ (r?*sp?n"s?*r?), a. Containing or making answer; answering. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Responsory'
From: GCIDE
- Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl. -ries (-r?z). [LL. responsorium.]
- 1. (Eccl.) (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. [1913 Webster]
- Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book. [1913 Webster]