What is any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. Dryden. "Public pæans of congratulation." De Quincey called?
paean — Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. Dryden. "Public pæans of congratulation." De Quincey. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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