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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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  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.
  3. v. t. To celebrate with anthems.
  4. n. a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
  5. n. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
  6. 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.
  7. To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.
  8. n:100 n. a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)