STROPHE
\stɹˈɒf], \stɹˈɒf], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɒ_f]\
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In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
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n. [Greek] That part of a song or dance which was performed by turning from the right to the left of the orchestra, having an antithetical movement from left to right-called antistrophe ;-a metrical division of a lyrical poem or chorus ; a long stanza.
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