-- Re*spon"sive*ly, adv. -- Re*spon"sive*ness, n.
Re`spon*so"ri*al (r?`sp?n*s?"r?-al), a. Responsory; antiphonal. J. H.
Newman.
Re*spon"so*ry (r?*sp?n"s?*r?), a. Containing or making answer;
answering. Johnson.
Re*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. - ries (-r&?;z). [LL. responsorium.] 1. (Eccl.)
(a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in
church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a
refrain.
Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into
responsories, and beget another liturgy.
Milton.