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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RESPONSORY

From Late Latin rēsponsōrium, from Latin rēspondēre to answer.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RESPONSORY

responsory  [rɪˈspɒnsərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESPONSORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Responsory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RESPONSORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of responsory in the English dictionary

The definition of responsory in the dictionary is an anthem or chant consisting of versicles and responses and recited or sung after a lesson in a church service.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RESPONSORY


accessory
əkˈsɛsərɪ
anniversary
ˌænɪˈvɜːsərɪ
caravansary
ˌkærəˈvænsərɪ
chancery
ˈtʃɑːnsərɪ
condensery
kənˈdensərɪ
dispensary
dɪˈspɛnsərɪ
extrasensory
ˌɛkstrəˈsɛnsərɪ
grocery
ˈɡrəʊsərɪ
incensory
ˈɪnsɛnsərɪ
intersensory
ˌɪntəˈsensərɪ
multisensory
ˌmʌltɪˈsɛnsərɪ
necessary
ˈnɛsɪsərɪ
neurosensory
ˌnjʊərəʊˈsensərɪ
ostensory
ɒsˈtɛnsərɪ
prehensory
prɪˈhɛnsərɪ
reprehensory
ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsərɪ
sensory
ˈsɛnsərɪ
somatosensory
ˌsəʊmətəʊˈsɛnsərɪ
supersensory
ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsərɪ
suspensory
səˈspɛnsərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESPONSORY

response
response time
response variable
responseless
responser
responsibilities
responsibility
responsibility allowance
responsibility payment
responsible
responsibleness
responsibly
responsions
responsive
responsively
responsiveness
responsor
responsorial
responsories
responsum

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESPONSORY

advisory
compulsory
conclusory
cursory
delusory
derisory
illusory
intercessory
nonsupervisory
percursory
persuasory
possessory
precursory
promissory
propulsory
provisory
reclusory
suasory
supervisory
vavasory

Synonyms and antonyms of responsory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «responsory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESPONSORY

Find out the translation of responsory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of responsory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «responsory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

唱和
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

responsorio
570 millions of speakers

English

responsory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

responsory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

responsory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

респонсорий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

responsório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

responsory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

répons
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Responsif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Responsorium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポンソ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

responsory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanggung jawab
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

responsory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

responsory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तरदायित्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

responsory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

responsorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Responsorium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

респонсорій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

responsory
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

responsory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

responsory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

responsory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

responsory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of responsory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESPONSORY»

The term «responsory» is normally little used and occupies the 126.460 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESPONSORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «responsory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «responsory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about responsory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESPONSORY»

Discover the use of responsory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to responsory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Responsories and Versicles of the Latin Office of the Dead
The responsory is an ecclesiastical composition found both in the Office of the Dead and the Psalterium per decadas in VAT 550.29 Responsory five, R 68: Peccantem me, maintains that there is no redemption in hell (quia in inferno nulla est ...
Knud Ottosen, 2008
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Liturgies in Honour of Thomas Becket
SECULAR Invitatory: Antiphon with Psalm Hymn Antiphon 1 with Psalm Antiphon 2 with Psalm Antiphon 3 with Psalm Antiphon 4 with Psalm Antiphon 5 with Psalm Antiphon 6 with Psalm Versicle with Response Lesson 1 with Responsory 1 ...
Kay Brainerd Slocum, 2004
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Music and Ceremony at Notre Dame of Paris, 500-1550
The place of origin of Verbum caro, the ninth responsory at Matins on Christmas Day both at the cathedral and at the Augustinian abbeys, is worthy of careful consideration because it raises the issue of a possible misinterpretation of the ...
Craig Wright, 2008
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European Music, 1520-1640
Further, one can certainly find examples of early-sixteenth-century responsory- motets that are not built along the lines exemplified in palestrina's settings, in which the polyphonic elaboration reproduces the form of the Gregorian model, ...
James Haar, 2014
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From Manuscript to Performance: A Critical Edition of ...
Spanish Title English Translation Notes Acompañamiento Basso Continuo 2 copies Organo Organ 1 copy, bass line only, with figures no Responsory no. 7 Tiple 1o First Soprano 1 copy, no Responsory no. 7 Alto 1o First Alto 1 copy Tenor 1o ...
Sherrill Bigelow Lee Blodget, 2008
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The Affinities and Medieval Transposition
responsory "Conclusit vias meas" 82, 190, 194 responsory "Emendemus in melius" 82, 89, 91, 191, 193 responsory "Factum est dum tolleret" 15, 41, 42, 153, 172 responsory "Fuerunt sine querela" 91, 193 responsory "Gaude Maria virgo" 82, ...
Dolores Pesce, 1987
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Medieval Manuscripts for Mass and Office: A Guide to Their ...
The last responsory of each nocturn is often rather special, and this is even more true of the last responsory of the last nocturn, the ninth (or twelfth, in monastic sources): tropes are frequently to be found here, for example. Singling out the ninth, ...
Andrew Hughes, 1995
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Aspects of Orality and Formularity in Gregorian Chant
Que sunt in corde (responsory): 389-90 Quibiberit (communion): 309, 410, 412- 14 Qui confidant (tract): 360, 436n30 QMI habitat (tract): 94, 101, 102-3, 108, 110- 12, 114-19, 122, 124, 128-29, 133-34, 318-30, 332-42, 344-49, 351, 353, 355-56  ...
Theodore Karp, 1998
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Mary Magdalene in Medieval Culture: Conflicted Roles
The responsory “Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis”79 (with its verse “Dilexisti iustitiam et odisti iniquitatem”),80 was taken from Psalm 44, the royal epithalamium. This text was used in the liturgy of Stephen Harding as the sixth responsory for the ...
Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh, 2014
10
Music and Meaning in Old Hispanic Lenten Chants: Psalmi, ...
Laus tibi domine (laudes), 71 Lavamini (responsory), 36 Levavi Milanese cantus, 227, 230 psalmus, 110, 113, 136, 142n92, 186, 225–6, 227, 229–30, OA2.16 cadences, 124, 127, 227, OA2.16 melodic density/textual pacing, 130, 134, OA2. 16 ...
Emma Hornby, Rebecca Maloy, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESPONSORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term responsory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pope on Corpus Domini in solidarity with persecuted
This is seen in a beautiful text of today's Liturgy, the Responsory of the second reading of the Office of Readings, which says: “See in this bread the body of ... «Vatican Radio, Jun 15»
2
New Releases Make for a Triple A Cappella Fest
Aquilonis is another of the trio's mixed programs that seamlessly segues between a 14th century Vespers responsory from the Office of St. Thorlak — Iceland's a ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Mar 15»
3
Richard III reinterment: Order of service
The Responsory. CELEBRATION OF THE RESURRECTION. Psalm 150. Richard – poem read by Benedict Cumberbatch. Gospel Canticle. Blessing (by the ... «Leicester Mercury, Mar 15»
4
Hark! The Angels Sing, and the Carolers, Too
Giovanni da Palestrina's “Matin Responsory”; arrangements of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and “A Maiden Most Gentle,” by Andrew Carter; and John ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
5
Monteverdi: Vespri Solenni per la Festa di San Marco, Concerto …
The CD opens with the celebratory versicle and responsory “Deus in adiutorium meum intende/Domine ad adiuvandum me festina” with which Monteverdi ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
6
Pope Cornelius and Bishop Cyprian are Examples for this Age of …
Below I offer the ancient account, followed by a responsory prayer. Let us remember Cyprian and imitate his courage, by the grace of God. ***** The Martyrdom ... «Catholic Online, Sep 14»
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Recorded in Washington: Review of 'In Medio Ecclesiae'
The vocal ensemble's mournful and haunting performance of “O vos omnes” (“ O All You [Who Walk]”) — a responsory from Passiontide — is particularly ... «DigiNews, May 14»
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Make Your Lent Beautiful with Lent at Ephesus
... in which the chorus melody is derived from the Passiontide Responsory and its lyrics are inspired by Mark 2:17 and Ezekiel 33:11; “Mother of Sorrows” (track ... «Catholic World Report, Feb 14»
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Chart-topping Benedictine nuns to release album for Lent
Mother Cecilia said that the melody of “Divine Physician,” composed in 2012, “grew out of the Passiontide responsory, a very poignant piece of chant that stands ... «Catholic News Agency, Feb 14»
10
Joyful Noyse by S.F. Choral Artists
Quem vidistis pastores? by Giovanni Maria Nanino is a responsory notable for its overlapping polyphony and for a section remarkably reminiscent of the verse ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Dec 13»

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