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Response :: Response (n.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.

Respond :: Respond (v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response..

Improperia :: Improperia (n. pl.) A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual..

Response :: Response (n.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.

Response :: Response (n.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation.

Echo :: Echo (n.) Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.

Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..

Kyrie Eleison :: Kyrie eleison () The name given to the response to the Commandments, in the service of the Church of England and of the Protestant Episcopal Church..

Polygraph :: Polygraph (n.) An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector.

Theomancy :: Theomancy (n.) A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.

Alternation :: Alternation (n.) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.

Irritability :: Irritability (n.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contracti

Responsory :: Responsory (n.) An antiphonary; a response book.

Respond :: Respond (n.) An answer; a response.

Clerk :: Clerk (n.) A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it..

Antiphon :: Antiphon (n.) A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone..

Versicle :: Versicle (n.) A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people..

Response :: Response (n.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service..

Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.

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