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pean

[pee-uhn]

noun

paean.

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paean or sometimes (US) pean (ˈpiːən)

—n
1.	a hymn sung in ancient Greece in invocation of or thanksgiving to a deity
2.	any song of praise
3.	enthusiastic praise: the film received a paean from the critics

[C16: via Latin from Greek paiān hymn to Apollo, from his title Paiān, denoting the physician of the gods]

pean or sometimes (US) pean

—n

[C16: via Latin from Greek paiān hymn to Apollo, from his title Paiān, denoting the physician of the gods]

pean¹ (ˈpiːən)

—n
	a less common US spelling of paean

pean² (piːn)

—n
	heraldry a fur of sable spotted with or

[C16: of uncertain origin]

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