a 1 n 1 t 1 h 4 e 1 m 3
6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
noun a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
originFrom Middle English anteme, from Old English antefn, antefen and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), from ἀντί (antí, “over against”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). Doublet of antiphon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0