Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acroteleutic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: acroteleu-tic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"This mode of conducting the psalmody was sometimes called singing acrostics and acroteleutics, and is the apparent origin of the Gloria Patri repeated at the end of each psalm in our liturgical services."
"And in this respect the Gloria Patri itself is by some ancient writers called the hypopsalma or epode, and acroteleutic to the psalms, because it was always used at the end of the psalms."
"And this they would generally keep for an Acroteleutic at the end of their psalms."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκροτελεύτιον (akroteleútion, “extreme end”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀκροτελεύτιον

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

acroteleutics (plural)

Questions

What does acroteleutic mean?: The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
Where does acroteleutic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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