单词 | long metre |
释义 | > as lemmaslong metre long metre n. a metrical pattern used in hymns, in which the stanzas have four lines of eight syllables each (abbreviated L.M.); cf. long measure n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > [noun] > stanza of > of four lines long metre1707 long measure1758 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs iii. 206 1st. Long Metre. 1860 Bibliotheca Sacra Jan. 181 The eighteenth psalm of Tate and Brady, contains forty-four stanzas in long metre. 1942 Calif. Folklore Q. 1 191 ‘Lady Elspat’ is..in what the hymnodists call Long Metre. 2011 Church Times 21 Jan. 15/2 Unfortunately, this hymn is actually in long metre (L.M.), and the singers must have had a little difficulty in making practice meet theory. < as lemmas |
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