responsory
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English
Etymology
Via Middle English responsori from Late Latin responsorium, from Latin respons (“answered”), from the verb respondeō (“I answer”).
Noun
responsory (plural responsories)
- A chant or anthem recited after a reading in a church service
- A book of liturgical responses; a responsorial.
Adjective
responsory (not comparable)
- Containing or making answer; answering.
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ . Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: T B for H. Mosley , →OCLC:
- that Reponsory Letter from His Majesty