God Save the King
Royal British anthem
God Save the King is the British national anthem, played at state occasions, sporting events, and ceremonial functions.
The title and lyrics shift between King and Queen depending on the reigning monarch.
The phrase also functions as a patriotic exclamation or toast: God save the King!
Other Commonwealth nations have used the anthem or adapted it for their own purposes.
Religious song of praise
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- lyricsWritten words for music
- national anthemOfficial patriotic composition
- chorusSingers performing together
verse · refrain · tune · sing · composer · music · harmony · vocal
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- processionFormal moving line
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
investiture · state occasion · throne · sceptre · crown · robes · dignitaries · solemnity
Supreme in power
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- reignSovereign's time in power
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- royaltyPayment for usage rights
palace · regent · prince · princess · succession · heir · commonwealth · realm
hymn
Religious song of praise
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- lyricsWritten words for music
- national anthemOfficial patriotic composition
chorus · verse · refrain · tune · sing · composer · music · harmony · vocal · choir
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- processionFormal moving line
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
ritual · investiture · state occasion · throne · sceptre · crown · robes · dignitaries · solemnity · formality
sovereign
Supreme in power
royalty · palace · regent · prince · princess · succession · heir · commonwealth · realm · majesty
allegiance
Loyalty owed to authority
pride · unity · homeland · duty · national identity · tradition · citizenship · service · valor · solidarity
- Anthemsnational anthem, Star-Spangled Banner, La Marseillaise, O Canada, Rule Britannia
- royal anthemsstate anthem, royal fanfare
- patriotic musicnational anthem, patriotic songs, The Star-Spangled Banner, patriotic music, patriotic hymns
- Folk BalladsScarborough Fair, Geordie, Danny Boy, Shenandoah, In the Pines
- Revolutionary SongsYankee Doodle, Chester, Battle of Trenton, Bunker Hill
- singalong songssingalong, campfire song, camp song, drinking song, shanty