- a variation of paean.
pean
Example Sentences
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Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World The vocal by the king of jazz lent a grandfatherly wisdom to this pean to nature’s purity.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2015
The full-blown ripeness of the rose, the sturdy primness of the sweet pea are ranged in harmonious array, mingling the emotions of night and scent in one silent pean to the advent of Spring.
From Time Magazine Archive
The War Department, disregarding Euro pean protests, sent the 9th and 12th Divisions of the Japanese Army to Shanghai to bolster the none-too-successful blue jackets of Admirals Shiosawa and Nomura.
From Time Magazine Archive
He started with the A. P. as a sportswriter, was sent to England in 1939 to cover Euro pean sports.
From Time Magazine Archive
This mantle is always described as doubled, that is, lined throughout with one of the furs, as ermine, pean, vary.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
