Lord..." would normally be intoned by the deacon, but since the deacon does not serve on days with Alleluia, it is intoned by the priest. He stands in
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Dec 10, 2025 · intone (third-person singular simple present intones, present participle intoning, simple past and past participle intoned) (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
If you intone something, you say it in a slow and serious way, with most of the words at one pitch. He quietly intoned several prayers.
Guttural effects include screams, shouts, moans, and groans. Shouts may be intoned or nonintoned (definite in pitch/sung or indefinite in pitch/spoken). Interpolated
Slavonic, ектенїѧ, yekteniya is the preferred word. A litany is normally intoned by a deacon, with the choir or people chanting the responses. As he concludes
The queen of a nation stood before a gaggle of barely literate village girls. And bowed her head. “You have my thanks,” Yelena intoned with all the solemn dignity the elven woman could as she st...
contrabasses The short orchestral preludio is based on the theme of the curse, intoned quietly on brass at first and building in intensity until it bursts into