- (n.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.
- (n.) An answer or reply.
- (n.) The act of responding.
- (n.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.
- (n.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
- (n.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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