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Definition of hymn

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Hymn (n.) An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns..

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Dirge :: Dirge (a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn..

Choral :: Choral (n.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals..

Line :: Line (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn..

Orphic :: Orphic (a.) Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns..

Hymnology :: Hymnology (n.) The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology..

Hymnody :: Hymnody (n.) Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology..

Nowel :: Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol..

Hymnographer :: Hymnographer (n.) One who writes on the subject of hymns.

Hymning :: Hymning (a.) Praising with hymns; singing.

Hymn :: Hymn (v. t.) To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.

Methodist :: Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder..

Hymned :: Hymned (imp. & p. p.) of Hym.

Doxology :: Doxology (n.) In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.

Stabber :: Stabat Mater () A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making the way of the cross (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c)..

Apopemptic :: Apopemptic (a.) Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns..

Polymnia :: Polymnia (n.) See Polyhymnia.

Polyhymnia :: Polyhymnia (n.) The Muse of lyric poetry.

Hymning :: Hymning (n.) The singing of hymns.

Sanhita :: Sanhita (n.) A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda..

Deacon :: Deacon (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off..