paean

I've always wanted to use the word paean in a post --

Alec Saunders SquawkBox 2009

Its impact on Reilly, who was at Wilson's bedside at the very end, ran much deeper, and while this work is explicitly signalled as a 'paean' - literally a song of joy or exultation - it is one etched in melancholy notes.

Drowned In Sound // Feed Mark Ward 2010

How else to explain Vogue editor Anna Wintour's decision this month to publish a 3,000-word paean to that "freshest and most magnetic of first ladies," Syria's Asma al-Assad?

The Dictator's Wife Wears Louboutins Bari Weiss 2011

Barney Ronay took time out from lovingly carving 'BR+JC' into a tree-trunk to rattle out this 908-word paean to new Liverpool recruit Joe Cole.

$tevie Says Relax, I'm Staying At Liverpool 2010

The word paean – pronounced “pee-an” – is an old one that has fallen into disuse.

And Now, A Word On My Sponsor 2006

The paean was a prayer for all seasons and occasions, from war to weddings.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

The paean was a prayer for all seasons and occasions, from war to weddings.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

The paean was a ritual chant that the men of classical Greek armies sang as they advanced into battle, rallied, or celebrated victory.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

The paean was a ritual chant that classical Greek soldiers and sailors sang as they advanced into battle, rallied, or celebrated victory.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

The paean was the war chant sung by troops going into battle.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003