pean

Example Sentences

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Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World The vocal by the king of jazz lent a grandfatherly wisdom to this pean to nature’s purity.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2015

His knowledge of the region is newly acquired; he previously focused on Euro pean relations and trade, and does not speak Spanish.

From Time Magazine Archive

The full-blown ripeness of the rose, the sturdy primness of the sweet pea are ranged in harmonious array, mingling the emotions of night and scent in one silent pean to the advent of Spring.

From Time Magazine Archive

World War II: Known as a good infantryman who knew how to train others, went to England in 1942 to command all U.S. ground forces in the Euro pean Theater of Operations.

From Time Magazine Archive

This mantle is always described as doubled, that is, lined throughout with one of the furs, as ermine, pean, vary.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous