pean
a variant of paean.
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How to use pean in a sentence
Yesterday we bowed the knee to Mars; to-day we join in peans to the Prince of Peace.
Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association | Intercollegiate Peace AssociationThe cry of the child for bread reaches further into the universe than peans sung to kings.
Wise or Otherwise | Lydia LeavittWe departed amid joyful peans of music, our pathway being strewn with flowers.
The Goddess of Atvatabar | William R. BradshawIn our education we are singing peans and praise about our schools and new methods of education.
A Man's Value to Society | Newell Dwight HillisThe newspapers are one and all singing peans over the valour of the Mobiles—those of the Côte d'Or most distinguished themselves.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris | Henry Labouchre
British Dictionary definitions for pean (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpiːən) /
a less common US spelling of paean
British Dictionary definitions for pean (2 of 2)
/ (piːn) /
heraldry a fur of sable spotted with or
Origin of pean
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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