Paean

Word PAEAN
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈpiː.ən/

Definitions and meanings of "Paean"

What do we mean by paean?

A song of joyful praise or exultation. noun

A fervent expression of joy or praise. noun

An ancient Greek hymn of thanksgiving or invocation, especially to Apollo. noun

Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. noun

An enthusiastic expression of praise. noun

To praise. verb

A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.

(by extension) Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.

(by extension) An enthusiastic expression of praise.

A song of thanksgiving / A song that is played at thanksgiving Urban Dictionary

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The word "paean" in example sentences

I've always wanted to use the word paean in a post -- ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its impact on Reilly, who was at Wilson's bedside at the very end, ran much deeper, and while this work is explicitly signalled as a 'paean' - literally a song of joy or exultation - it is one etched in melancholy notes. ❋ Mark Ward (2010)

How else to explain Vogue editor Anna Wintour's decision this month to publish a 3,000-word paean to that "freshest and most magnetic of first ladies," Syria's Asma al-Assad? ❋ Bari Weiss (2011)

Barney Ronay took time out from lovingly carving 'BR+JC' into a tree-trunk to rattle out this 908-word paean to new Liverpool recruit Joe Cole. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word paean – pronounced “pee-an” – is an old one that has fallen into disuse. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The paean was a prayer for all seasons and occasions, from war to weddings. ❋ Barry Strauss (2006)

The paean was a ritual chant that the men of classical Greek armies sang as they advanced into battle, rallied, or celebrated victory. ❋ Robert B. Strassler (2003)

The paean was a ritual chant that classical Greek soldiers and sailors sang as they advanced into battle, rallied, or celebrated victory. ❋ Robert B. Strassler (2003)

The paean was the war chant sung by troops going into battle. ❋ Robert B. Strassler (2003)

The paean is a third class of rhythm, closely akin to both the two already mentioned; it has in it the ratio of three to two, whereas the other two kinds have the ratio of one to one, and two to one respectively. ❋ Aristotle (2002)

The entire book may be called the paean of the natural man -- not of the merely physical, still less of the disjunctively intellectual or spiritual man, but of him who, being a man first and foremost, is therein also a spirit and an intellect. ❋ Walt Whitman (1855)

This kind of paean makes a real close: a short syllable can give no effect of finality, and therefore makes the rhythm appear truncated. ❋ Aristotle (2002)

What an [amazing] [paean] [tonight]! ❋ DictionarySayings1023 (2022)

paean is ['n] [poes] ❋ Paean (2021)

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