ANTHEM

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

2.
n.

A song or hymn of praise. Milton.

3.
v.

To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.] Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.