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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Te Deum :: Te Deum () A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.
Hymn :: Hymn (v. i.) To sing in praise or adoration.
Hymning :: Hymning (n.) The singing of hymns.
Dies Irae :: Dies Irae () Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.
Vesper :: Vesper (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells..
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.
Hymnal :: Hymnal (n.) A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Choral :: Choral (n.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals..
Psalm :: Psalm (n.) Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship..
Himpne :: Himpne (n.) A hymn.
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)..
Hymned :: Hymned (imp. & p. p.) of Hym.
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service..
Hymnology :: Hymnology (n.) A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
Air :: Air (n.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria..
Orphic :: Orphic (a.) Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns..
Tenthredinides :: Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
Hymnologist :: Hymnologist (n.) A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
Prose :: Prose (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence..
Polyhymnia :: Polyhymnia (n.) The Muse of lyric poetry.
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