- Containing or making answer; answering. - The answer of the people to the priest in alternate
speaking, in church service. - A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a
refrain. - An antiphonary; a response book.
- Friendly - Friendly; ready to engage with others - personable - Warm and friendly - A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal
party or reception; as, a church sociable. - A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and
a box for the driver.
- One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the
church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of
the festivals to be celebrated. - An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room
where attendance is wanted.
- A split between strongly opposed parties - Division or disunion - Split in church - Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent
division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among
people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce
division in a church without justifiable cause.