Definition of hymn

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

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Chorus :: Chorus (n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts..
Hymned :: Hymned (imp. & p. p.) of Hym.
Orphic :: Orphic (a.) Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns..
Hymnody :: Hymnody (n.) Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology..
Hymning :: Hymning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hym.
Methodist :: Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder..
Hymnal :: Hymnal (n.) A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Hymnology :: Hymnology (n.) A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..
Vesper :: Vesper (a.) Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells..
Tenthredinides :: Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service..
Paean :: Paean (n.) An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities..
Psalmographist :: Psalmographist (n.) A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns..
Stabber :: Stabat Mater () A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making the way of the cross (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c)..
Hymnographer :: Hymnographer (n.) A writer or composed of hymns.
Line :: Line (v. t.) To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn..
Hymning :: Hymning (n.) The singing of hymns.
Hymn :: Hymn (n.) An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns..
Dirge :: Dirge (a.) A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn..
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