hymnal
hymnal
Definition
hym·nal (him′nəl)
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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