an tiphonal

& s. [Eng. antiphon; -al.] A. As adjective: Pertaining to antiphony. [ANTIPHONY (2).] " Antiphonal singing was first brought into the Church of Milan, in imitation of the custom of the Eastern churches."- Bingham : Chris'ian Antiquities (ed. 1855), vol. v., p. 13. "He [Calvin) thought that novelty was sure to succeed, that the practice of antiphonal chanting was superstitious," . Warton: Hist . Eng . Poet ., iii. 164. B. As substantive: The same as ANTIPHONARY (q.v.). to bring and deliver unto you all antiphonals, mi als, grayles, proce ionals," .-Burnet: Hist. Reformed Records , pt. ii, bk. 1, 47. ăn-ti-pěr-i-stal-sis, s. [Gr. ἀντί (anti) = against, and περισταλτικός ( per ist alt i kos ) = clasping and compre ing; περιστέλλω ( peri -ăn-tiph-on-ar-ỹ, * ăn-típh'-on-ere, stello) to dre , to clothe: περί (peri) = around, and στέλλω ( stello ) = to set, to send.] Resistance to the peristaltic motion of the bowels. [PERISTALTIC.] "But Dr. Brunton has very ably shown that there is no anti - peristalsis of the bowels under these circumstances. -Todd & Bowman : Physiol. Anat ., vol. ii, p. 237.