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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