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hymnal Definition

hym·nal (himnəl)

noun

a collection of religious hymns

Etymology: ME hymnale < ML < L hymnus

adjective

of hymns

hymnal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • emasculate: The world loves to see a feminized pulpit and an emasculated hymnal.
  • publish: The Archives contain over 5,000 hymnals published between 1737 and the present, including the only complete copy of the Charleston Hymnbook.

Adjective modifier

  • electronic: There are three main options available: CDs, MIDI players and electronic hymnals.
  • new: Perhaps this is why they are only very gradually being whittled down with each new hymnal that comes out.
  • popular: At its worse, much of the music in the most popular modern hymnals is bordering on being musically dyslexic.
  • modern: At its worse, much of the music in the most popular modern hymnals is bordering on being musically dyslexic.
  • major: Did you realize that as an atheist turned agnostic, RVW wrote a vast canon of church music and edited four major hymnals?

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: Early reviews concentrated on the almost hymnal qualities of the songs.

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