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responsary

responsary is the alternative form of responsory.

Meaning of responsory

Noun

responsory (plural responsories)

  1. A chant or anthem recited after a reading in a church service; a respond.
  2. A book of liturgical responses; a responsorial.

See all 3 meanings of responsory

Forms of responsary

pluralresponsaries

Questions about responsary

What is responsary the alternative form of?
Responsary is the alternative form of responsory.

Words near responsary in the dictionary

  1. responsability
  2. responsable
  3. responsal
  4. responsals
  5. responsaries
  6. responsary
  7. response
  8. response inhibition
  9. response time
  10. response times
  11. responseless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: responsary (page history and authors); responsory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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