Antiphon
An antiphon is a short refrain, chant, or response sung or recited before and after a psalm, hymn, or similar sacred text. In poetry and related verse forms, the term can also describe repeated lines or a call-and-response pattern that frames or interrupts the main text.
Example
Leader: The night is deep.
Group: Yet dawn will come.
Leader: The road is long.
Group: Yet dawn will come.
Related Definitions
[n] a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Related Terms
acknowledgment, Agnus Dei, alleluia, answer, answering, anthem, antiphonal chanting, antiphony, back answer, back talk, backchat, Benedicite, canticle, chant, chorale, comeback, doxology, echo, evasive reply, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis, Gloria Patri, hall