#hymn__anthem a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
supertype: religious_song__religioussong religious music for singing
subtype: dithyramb.hymn (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
subtype: doxology a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
subtype: chorale__choral a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
subtype: canticle a hymn derived from the Bible
subtype: Magnificat the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning "Magnificat anima mea Dominum")
subtype: Dies_Irae the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally "day of wrath")
subtype: Internationale a revolutionary socialist anthem
subtype: paean a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
subtype: recessional a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
subtype: Te_Deum__tedeum an ancient liturgical hymn
subtype: national_anthem a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
subtype: Marseillaise the French national anthem
subtype: Star-Spangled_Banner a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
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