paean

UK: /ˈpiːən/ US: /ˈpiən/ ,(pē′ən)

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pae•an /ˈpiən/   n. [countable]

1. a song of praise, joy, thanksgiving, or triumph.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pae•an  (pē′ən), n. 

1. any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
2. Antiquity a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.

Also, pean. 

• Greek Paiá̄n physician of the gods
• Latin: religious or festive hymn, special use of Paean appellation of Apollo
• 1535–45

pae′an•ism, n. 

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paean, pean / ˈpiːən/ noun

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

Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek paiān hymn to Apollo, from his title Paiān, denoting the physician of the gods