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paean noun [ ˈpiːən ]

• a song of praise or triumph.
• "a paean of praise for the great poets"
Origin: late 16th century: 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).


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