Meaning of ANTHEM
| Pronunciation: | | 'anthum
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- [n] a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
- [n] a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
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| | Synonyms: | | hymn |
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| | See Also: | | canticle, choral, chorale, Dies Irae, dithyramb, doxology, Internationale, national anthem, paean, pean, recessional, religious song, song, Te Deum | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\An"them\, n. [OE. antym, antefne, AS. antefen, fr. LL.
antiphona, fr. Gr. ?, neut. pl. of ? antiphon, or anthem, n.
neut., from ? sounding contrary, returning a sound; ? over
against + ? sound, voice: the anthem being sung by the
choristers alternately, one half-choir answering the other:
cf. OF. anthaine, anteine, antieune, F. antienne. See
{Antiphon}.]
1. 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. A song or hymn of praise. --Milton.
\An"them\, v. t.
To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]
Sweet birds antheming the morn. --Keats.
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| | Related Terms: | | Agnus Dei, alba, alleluia, answer, antiphon, antiphony, art song, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, barcarole, Benedicite, blues, blues song, boat song, Brautlied, bridal hymn, brindisi, calypso, canso, cantata, canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, carol, cavatina, chanson, chant, chantey, chorale, Christmas carol, church music, croon, croon song, dirge, ditty, doxology, drinking song, epithalamium, folk song, Gloria, Gloria in Excelsis, Gloria Patri, gospel, gospel music, hallelujah, hosanna, hymeneal, hymn, hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, hymn-tune, Introit, Kunstlied, laud, lay, Liebeslied, lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, Magnificat, mantra, mass, matin, minstrel song, minstrelsy, Miserere, motet, national anthem, Negro spiritual, Nunc Dimittis, offertory, offertory sentence, oratorio, paean, passion, prosodion, prothalamium, psalm, psalmody, recessional, report, requiem, requiem mass, response, responsory, sacred music, serena, serenade, serenata, song, spiritual, Te Deum, theme song, torch song, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, versicle, Volkslied, war song, wedding song, white spiritual |
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