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Anthem

Anthem Meaning & Definition
Anthem Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anthem?

[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)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anthem: hymn

Related Terms | Find terms related to Anthem: 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

See Also | canticle | choral | chorale | Dies Irae | dithyramb | doxology | Internationale | national anthem | paean | pean | recessional | religious song | song | Te Deum

Anthem In Webster's Dictionary

\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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