1483 186/1 An Himpne maker, hympnista.
1653 G. Ashwell 263 His Creed..sung hymne~wise in the Church-service.
a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. ii. 224 Pathetic lectures, long prayers, and incessant hymn-singings.
a1823 F. D. Hemans View from Castri in 286 The pine-woods, their choral hymn-notes sending.
1879 W. D. Whitney p. xiv It is the most interesting of all, after the Rig-Veda, because it contains the largest amount of hymn-material.