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Definition of Anthemic
1. pertaining to an anthem (a song of praise) [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthemic
Literary usage of Anthemic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Music of the Church, in Four Parts: Containing a General History of by Thomas Hirst (1841)
"... considered— Antiphonal form of singing noticed—Pagan music early introduced
into the church—anthemic music defended by many considerations—many persons ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1904)
"Having experimentally determined that anthemic acid, the bitter principle of the
flowers of Anthemis nobilis (which see under " Materia Medica"), ..."
3. A Compend of Pharmacy by Francis Edward Stewart (1910)
"(Contains a volatile oil and a bitter principle, which has been called anthemic
acid.) Matricaria (German Chamomile). (Contains a dark-blue volatile oil; ..."
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