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Webster 1913 Edition

(pē′an-ĭz’m)

Noun.

[Gr.

παιανισμός

, fr.

παιανίζειν

to chant the pæan.]

The song or shout of praise, of battle, or of triumph.

[R.]

Noun.

The song or shouts of praise or of battle; shouts of triumph.

peanism ‎(usually uncountable, plural peanisms)