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Verse :: Verse (n.) A stanza; a stave; as, a hymn of four verses..

Deacon :: Deacon (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off..

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

Hymnal :: Hymnal (n.) A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

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

Line :: Line (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn..

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 (a.) Praising with hymns; singing.

Choral :: Choral (n.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals..

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..

Anthem :: Anthem (n.) A song or hymn of praise.

Hymnology :: Hymnology (n.) The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology..

Hymn :: Hymn (v. i.) To sing in praise or adoration.

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..

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..

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

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

Polymnia :: Polymnia (n.) See Polyhymnia.

Apopemptic :: Apopemptic (a.) Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns..

Hymnic :: Hymnic (a.) Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics..

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