noun
Origin: ML hymnodia < Gr hymnoidia: see hymn & ode
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noun pl. hym·no·dies
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Origin: Medieval Latin hymnōdia
Origin: , from Greek humnōidiā
Origin: : humnos, hymn
Origin: + ōidē, song; see wed-2 in Indo-European roots
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