noun
Meaning 1
Antiphon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Antiphon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
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noun
A hymn of praise or loyalty.
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noun
A very popular song or track.
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Usage: informal
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verb
To celebrate with anthems.
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Usage: poetic, transitive
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noun
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hymn
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Broader terms: religious song
Narrower terms: dithyramb, doxology, chorale, choral, canticle, hymeneal, paean, pean, recessional, Dies Irae, Internationale, Te Deum
noun
a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
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Broader terms: song, vocal
Narrower terms: national anthem
History
From Middle English anteme, from Old English antefn, antefen and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), from ἀντί (antí, “over against”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). Doublet of antiphon.
Across languages
123 source translations are retained for this English entry.