anteme

anteme

1. now, then

• 2020. Eastern and Central Arrernte Learners' List, compiled by Veronica Perrule Dobson and John Henderson. Alice Springs, NT.

• antimne, antempne, antheme, antime, antyme, antem, antym, antefen, antephne, anthephene, antefne

From Old English antefn, antefen and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, both from Ecclesiastical Latin *antephōna, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna).

• IPA^(key): /ˌanˈtɛːm(ə)/, /ˈantɛm(ə)/, /ˈantim(ə)/, /ˈantɛm(p)n(ə)/, /ˈantɛv(ə)n(ə)/, /ˈantɛf(ə)n(ə)/

anteme (plural antemes)

1. A biblically-based chant; especially one sung before and after psalms (an antiphon).
2. (rare) A non-religious musical work or piece.

• English: anthem
  • → Welsh: anthem
• Scots: anthem

• “antē̆me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-25.