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anchor(2) (iou)



anchor noun2. Long arch. or Hist.
[Old English ancra, ancor, -cer perh. through Old Irish anchara, angciore from ecclesiastical Latin anchoreta ANCHORITE.]
An anchorite; an anchoress.
Comb.: anchor-hold noun2 the cell or retreat of an anchorite.

anthem (iou)



anthem noun & verb. OE.
[ecclesiastical Latin antiphona ANTIPHON: spelling with -th- dates from 15.]
A. noun.
= ANTIPHON noun 1. arch. OE.
A composition in non-metrical prose (usu. from the Scriptures or Liturgy) set to Music for sacred use. LME.
Any song of praise and gladness; esp. a song (sometimes strictly a hymn) adopted by a nation to express patriotism or loyalty (usu. more fully national anthem). LME.
b. verb trans. Celebrate in an anthem. E17.