Watch-cry

WATCH•krynoun

Not included in Webster’s. OED defines it as the “periodic cry of a watchman.” Figuratively, a watch-cry is a motto or phrase repeated in order to call attention to a principle deemed as important.

Sung in

• Hymn 36 · They, the Builders of the Nation

From the LDS Hymn Dictionary · David D. Byrd & M. Ryan Byrd, 2007 · Privacy