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ANTHEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
Synonyms:
anthem; hymn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("anthem" is a kind of...):
religious song (religious music for singing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anthem"):
dithyramb ((ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus))
doxology (a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God)
choral; chorale (a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune)
canticle (a hymn derived from the Bible)
hymeneal (a wedding hymn)
paean; pean ((ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity))
recessional (a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw)
Instance hyponyms:
Dies Irae (the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally 'day of wrath'))
Internationale (a revolutionary socialist anthem)
Te Deum (an ancient liturgical hymn)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("anthem" is a kind of...):
song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anthem"):
national anthem (a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation)
