o antiphon

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: antiphon

Antonyms: antiphon

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|Western|_|Christianity}} One of the [[antiphon]]s sung or read at [[vespers]] at the end of [[Advent]], in the [[day]]s immediately before [[Christmas]], each beginning “O …” in [[Latin]] and [[English]], addressing [[Christ]] and [[beseech]]ing him to [[come]]; the basis for the [[hymn]] “{{w|O Come, O Come, Emmanuel}}”.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.