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Webster 1913 Edition

(ăkˊrō̍-tē̍-lū′tĭk)

Noun.

[Gr.

ἄκροσ

extreme +

τελεύτη

end.]

(Eccles.)

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

Noun.

[Gr. extreme, and end.]

Among ecclesiastical writers, an appellation given to any thing added to the end of a psalm, or hymn; as a doxology.

acroteleutic ‎(plural acroteleutics)

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