[f. Gr. ἀκροτελεύτι-ον the fag-end, hence the burden or chorus (f. ἄκρος extreme + τελευτ-ή end) + -IC.] ‘Among Ecclesiastical writers, the end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto to be sung by the people.’ Chambers, Cycl. Suppl.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., The Gloria Patri is by some writers called the Acroteleutic to the psalms; because always used to be repeated by the people at the end of each.
