From
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words:
theody: n. hymn in praise of God.
‘Sperino in te’, ne la sua teodìa
dice, ‘color che sanno il nome tuo;’
e chi nol sa, s'elli ha la fede mia?
‘They hope in you’, in the high Theody
He sayeth, ‘those who know thy name;’ and who
Knoweth it not, if he my faith possess?
—Dante Alighieri, Divina Comedia
Paradiso, Canto XXV [Tr.: Henry W. Longfellow]
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