Associations to the word «Anthem»

Wiktionary

ANTHEM, noun. (archaic) Antiphon.
ANTHEM, noun. A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
ANTHEM, noun. A hymn of praise or loyalty.
ANTHEM, noun. (informal) A very popular song or track.
ANTHEM, verb. (transitive) (poetic) To celebrate with anthems.

Dictionary definition

ANTHEM, noun. A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school).
ANTHEM, noun. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne