pean : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pean	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for pean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pean n (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) Synonym(s): paean, pean a formal expression of praise Synonym(s): encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
P91an \P[91]"an\ (p[emac]`[ait]n), n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. {P[91]on}, {Peony}.] [Written also {pean}.] 1. An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. --Dryden. [bd]Public p[91]ans of congratulation.[b8] --De Quincey. 3. See {P[91]on}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pean \Pean\, n. [OF. pene, F. panne.] (Her.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pean \Pe"an\, n. A song of praise and triumph. See {P[91]an}.