PAEAN


Meaning of PAEAN in English

/ 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.