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O Antiphon
O Antiphon - English
Noun
O
Antiphon
(
plural
O Antiphons
)
(
Western
Christianity
)
One of the
antiphons
sung or read at
vespers
at the end of
Advent
, in the
days
immediately before
Christmas
, each beginning “O …” in
Latin
and
English
, addressing
Christ
and
beseeching
him to
come
; the basis for the
hymn
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”.
Synonym:
Greater Antiphon
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