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Hymnography :: Hymnography (n.) The art or act of composing hymns.

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A song; esp. a little song or hymn.

Te Deum :: Te Deum () A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.

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

Hympne :: Hympne (n.) A hymn.

Hymnologist :: Hymnologist (n.) A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in 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..

Tenthredinides :: Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.

Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..

Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line..

Hymnist :: Hymnist (n.) A writer of hymns.

Polymnia :: Polymnia (n.) See Polyhymnia.

Sequence :: Sequence (n.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name..

Prose :: Prose (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence..

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

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..

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..

Paean :: Paean (n.) An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities..

Hymning :: Hymning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hym.

Processional :: Processional (n.) A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn..

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