PAEAN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.

2.
n.

Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. Dryden. "Public pæans of congratulation." De Quincey.

3.
n.

See Pæon.


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