Definitions of anthem

1. To celebrate with anthems.

2. To celebrate or salute with an anthem or song. Keats.

3. Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

4. A song or hymn of praise.

5. A composition from the Scriptures or liturgy set to sacred music: a song of gladness.

6. A piece of sacred music sung in alternate parts: a piece of sacred music set to a passage from Scripture.

7. A sacred song; an antiphony.

8. A joyous or triumphal song or hymn.

9. A hymn sung in alternate parts; a piece of music set to words from scripture.

10. A sacred song, or a portion of Scripture set to music.