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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: 'song to the Greek god Apollo', from Greek paion, from Paion, name given to Apollo in the song

paean

 noun
     
Related topics: Literature
pae‧an [countable]
literaryAL a happy song of praise, thanks, or victory
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