hymn
hymn
Definition
hymn (him)
noun
- a song in praise or honor of God, a god, or gods
- any song of praise or glorification
Etymology: ME ymen < OE ymen & OFr ymne, both < LL (Ec) hymnus < Gr hymnos, a hymn, festive song, ode
transitive verb
to express or praise in a hymn
intransitive verb
to sing a hymn
hymn
Synonyms
hymn
n.
hymn
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- thanksgiving: Full of courage and passion, The Notebook is both a hymn of thanksgiving and a requiem.
- praise: He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.
Converse of object
- sing: They ate with the Lord, prayed with Him, sang hymns with Him, pledged their loyalty to Him.
- recite: A priest will recite some hymns from the scriptures.
- chant: A man of no specific era walks or crawls up a human wide millstream chanting a Welsh hymn.
- compose: Ram Das composed many hymns in praise of the divine Name, which were sung by the Panth.
Adjective modifier
- sessional: Sessional hymn of the holy bishop, in Tone V: Spec.
- devotional: The latter category consists principally of ginans, devotional hymns reflecting the indigenous literary tradition of the Nizari Ismaili Khojas of South Asia.
- favorite: Kids ( CD ) Price now: £ 7.99 Your favorite hymns, recorded just for your kids.
- Latin: To the chant of the ninth century Latin hymn, " Veni, Creator Spiritus.
- funeral: A funeral hymn is followed by a New Orleans-style parade.
Modifies a noun
- tune: A solo trumpet can steadily enhance a hymn tune.
- singing: The worse the hymn singing, the better it works.
- sheet: I'm glad we're singing from the same hymn sheet.
- writer: Hymn writers with their own pages can be found here.
- sandwich: Were Chinese people hooked on incense, or did they take Victorian hymn sandwich for preference?
Noun used with modifier
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