Re*spon"so*ry (r?*sp?n"s?*r?), a.
Containing or making answer; answering.
Johnson.
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Re*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-rz). [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.
Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy.
Milton.
2. Eccl.
An antiphonary; a response book.
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