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hymnic, a. (n.)|ˈhɪmnɪk|
[f. hymn n. + -ic; cf. F. hymnique.]
Of, pertaining to, of the nature of, a hymn or hymns.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. vi. (Arb.) 164 The Poets Hymnick and historicall who be occupied either in diuine laudes, or in heroicall reports. 1615Sylvester St. Lewis 592 To whom wee pay Heroick Duties in this Hymnik Lay. a1631Donne Poems (1650) 255 He rounds the aire, and breaks the hymnique notes In birds, Heavens choristers, organique throates. 1830H. N. Coleridge Grk. Poets (1834) 197 Callimachus, as in hymnic duty bound, bitterly reviles Euhemerus. 1882–3in Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2589/2 Several cases in which very moderate poetic talents have produced eminent hymnic benefactions.
B. n. A composition of the nature of a hymn.
a1834Lamb Misc. Wks. (1871) 451 The more modern or Wattsian hymnics. |