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responsive reading

noun

Definition of responsive reading

: textual matter read aloud as part of a religious service or exercise in which a verse or sentence by the leader is followed by a verse or sentence by the congregation also : a liturgical form or process in which leader and congregation read passages aloud alternatively

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