Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Antiphony

Antiphony ({not transcribed}) , noun

[See Antiphon.]

1.
A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
2.
An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. — R. Browning