Meaning of Pean | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
2. Alternative spelling of paean.
   alt-of, alternative
3. Alternative spelling of peen.
   alt-of, alternative

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Examples

“The barbarian, wandering in nature's wilds, plucking the fruits as they grow⟳, or destroying the game for his meat, and quenching his thirst with the waters of the gurgling rill, may furnish the poet with a theme for a pean to the goddess of Natural Liberty; but he will be a barbarian still, and his children after him, will roam over the same uncultivated wastes, and sleep⟳ in the same caves and dens, until they learn⟳ to associate with others and combine⟳ their efforts for mutual good.”

“Antimodern romanticism is not primarily a complaint about lost nature; it is mainly a pean to lost values. Modernity is relativistic, the existentialists complain⟳; it has lost a sense⟳ of real values, true courage, meaningful integrity.”

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