RESPONSORY


Meaning of RESPONSORY in English

/ri spon"seuh ree/ , n. , pl. responsories . Eccles.

an anthem sung after a lection by a soloist and choir alternately.

[ 1375-1425; late ME responsorium, equiv. to L respond ( ere ) to RESPOND + -torium -TORY 2 , with dt > s ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .