Thesaurus: anthem
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.
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Definitions
- 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.
- n. A song or hymn of praise.
- v. t. To celebrate with anthems.
- n. a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
- n. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
- 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. To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.] Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.
- To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.
- n:100 n. a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)