Synonyms for anthem

Grammar : Noun

Spell : an-thuh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn θəm

Définition of anthem

Origin : Old English ontemn, antefn, "a composition (in prose or verse) sung antiphonally," from Late Latin antefana, from Greek antiphona "verse response" (see antiphon). Sense evolved to "a composition set to sacred music" (late 14c.), then "song of praise or gladness" (1590s). Used in reference to the English national song (technically, as OED points out, a hymn) and extended to those of other nations. Modern spelling is from late 16c., perhaps an attempt to make the word look more Greek.

noun song

Example sentences :

Handel's anthem was performed by 80 singers and 100 instrumentalists.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

He could hear the music of the organ, and presently the choir began to sing an anthem.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

He ended the anthem, as he had commenced it, in the midst of a grave and solemn stillness.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

"Certainly not," returned Everard, and so the anthem was omitted.
Extract from : « Isabel Leicester » by Clotilda Jennings

I want to play the organ on Sunday morning, and he must let us do an anthem.
Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens

To hear you in a serious mood would be as sweet as an anthem.
Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read

And the Psalmist calls upon the creation to join in the anthem.
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

The second week that Mr Liversedge was here, he stopped the anthem.
Extract from : « Out in the Forty-Five » by Emily Sarah Holt

There was an instant when the music was an anthem, and then it too was gone.
Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn

The anthem had again a message for Bryda, as on that first Sunday long ago.
Extract from : « Bristol Bells » by Emma Marshall

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