Pae"an (?), n. [L. paean, Gr. , fr. the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf. Paeon, Peony.] [Written also pean.]
1.
An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.
2.
Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph.
Dryden. "Public
paeans of congratulation."
De Quincey.
3.
See Paeon.
© Webster 1913.