Definition of hymn

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

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Apopemptic :: Apopemptic (a.) Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns..
Orphic :: Orphic (a.) Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns..
Hymnic :: Hymnic (a.) Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics..
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service..
Hymnographer :: Hymnographer (n.) A writer or composed of hymns.
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.
Himpne :: Himpne (n.) A hymn.
Tenthredinides :: Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..
Processional :: Processional (n.) A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn..
Deacon :: Deacon (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off..
Hymn :: Hymn (v. t.) To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.
Choral :: Choral (n.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals..
Sanhita :: Sanhita (n.) A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda..
Hymnal :: Hymnal (n.) A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Hymned :: Hymned (imp. & p. p.) of Hym.
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..
Prose :: Prose (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence..
Hymnist :: Hymnist (n.) A writer of hymns.
Nowel :: Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol..
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