/ ˈpiːən; NAmE / noun
( literary ) a song of praise or victory
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek paian hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo (invoked by the name Paian , originally the Homeric name for the physician of the gods).
/ ˈpiːən; NAmE / noun
( literary ) a song of praise or victory
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek paian hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo (invoked by the name Paian , originally the Homeric name for the physician of the gods).
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005