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A0329600 (ăn′thəm)n.1. A hymn of praise or loyalty.2. A choral composition having a sacred or moralizing text in English.3. A popular song, especially a rock song felt to sum up the attitudes or feelings associated with a period or social group.

[Middle English anteme, from Old English antefn, from Late Latin antiphōna, from Late Greek, from neuter pl. of antiphōnos, sounding in answer : anti-, in return; see anti- + phōnē, voice; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]

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(ˈænθəm) n1. (Classical Music) a song of loyalty or devotion, as to a nation or college: a national anthem. 2. (Classical Music) a musical composition for a choir, usually set to words from the Bible, sung as part of a church service3. (Classical Music) a religious chant sung antiphonally4. (Pop Music) a popular rock or pop song[Old English antemne, from Late Latin antiphōna antiphon] anthemic adj

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n. 1. a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism: the national anthem. 2. a piece of sacred vocal music, usu. with words taken from the Scriptures. 3. a hymn sung alternately by different sections of a choir or congregation. [before 1000; Old English antemn(e), antefne < Late Latin antefana, antiphōna < Greek antíphōna (see antiphon)]

anthem

A choral piece for use in church services.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anthem - a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"national anthem - a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
	2.	anthem - a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)hymndithyramb - (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)religious song - religious music for singingdoxology - a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying Godchoral, chorale - a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tunecanticle - a hymn derived from the Biblehymeneal - a wedding hymnpean, paean - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)recessional - a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw

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noun song of praise, carol, chant, hymn, psalm, paean, chorale, canticle the Olympic anthem

Translations

圣歌赞美诗颂歌国歌

anthem

(ˈӕnθəm) noun1. a piece of music for a church choir usually with words from the Bible. 赞美诗，圣歌 2. a song of praise. a national anthem. 颂歌，国歌

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[ultimately from antiphonantiphon
, in Roman Catholic liturgical music, generally a short text sung before and after a psalm or canticle. The main use is in group singing of the Divine Office in a monastery.
..... Click the link for more information. ], short nonliturgical choral composition used in Protestant services, usually accompanied and having an English text. The term is used in a broader sense for "national anthems" and for the Latin motets still used occasionally in Anglican services. A full anthem is entirely choral, while a verse anthem includes parts for solo singers. The anthem arose in the Anglican Church, as the English counterpart of the Latin motet, through the work of Christopher Tye (c.1500–1573), Thomas TallisTallis or Tallys, Thomas,
c.1510–1585, English composer, who served the royal household, from c.1537 to his death, as organist.
..... Click the link for more information. , and William ByrdByrd, William,
1543–1623, English composer, organist at Lincoln Cathedral and, jointly with Tallis, at the Chapel Royal. Although Roman Catholic, he composed anthems and services for the English Church in addition to his great Roman masses and Latin motets.
..... Click the link for more information. (1543–1623). Early anthems were often in the style of Latin motets, sometimes being merely an English text set to well-known motets. In the late 17th cent. composers such as Henry Purcell and John Blow, under Italian influences, wrote verse anthems with several movements, as in cantatas. George F. Handel's anthems, in the tradition of the full anthem, are, like those of Purcell and Blow, too elaborate for ordinary church use. Since the 19th cent. extracts from oratorios, masses, passions, etc., are commonly used as anthems, but these pieces are not anthems in the original sense of the term.

Bibliography

See M. B. Foster, Anthems and Anthem Composers (1901, repr. 1970); W. L. Reed and M. J. Bristow, ed., National Anthems of the World (1988).

Anthem

a nonliturgical religious choral composition, English in origin, that is set to a biblical text. The anthem, which is similar to the motet or cantata, has been sung in England since the mid-16th century, when prominent composers in the genre were T. Tallis, W. Byrd, and O. Gibbons. Famous examples of the anthem may be found in the works of H. Purcell and G. F. Handel. There are two types of anthem: the full anthem, written primarily for chorus, and the verse anthem, in which the chorus is supplemented by additional voices, usually a solo voice or duet. Anthems are sometimes accompanied by an orchestra or an organ.

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1. a song of loyalty or devotion, as to a nation or college 2. a musical composition for a choir, usually set to words from the Bible, sung as part of a church service 3. a religious chant sung antiphonally

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noun song of praise

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noun a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)

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noun a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

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