antiphonary

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  1. songbook
  2. songster
Noun
  • Meshell Ndegeocello is taking a familiar songbook somewhere entirely new.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 15 July 2026
  • Foster effectively invented the idea of a professional songwriter; founded the American songbook and pioneered the now-standard verse-chorus structure; and inspired the intellectual-property law of music.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of songbook
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  • How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.
    — Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
Definition of songster
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“Antiphonary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antiphonary. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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