Definition of hymnary in English:
hymnary
nounPlural hymnaries ˈhɪmnəriˈhɪmnəri
another term for hymnal
Example sentencesExamples
- We are all thoroughly enjoying using the new church hymnaries and are beginning our preparations for the Christmas Season.
- Although Marriott is virtually unknown as a writer outside of the church, this work is a well-crafted poem, and is still a popular item in present-day hymnaries.
- He taught them Greek and Latin, and wrote for them psalteries, hymnaries, and breviaries.
- They were to sit in cloister when reading each reading his own book, save those who might be singing from antiphoners, graduals, or hymnaries.
- Translations by him appear in Welsh hymnaries; he also made metrical renderings in Welsh of passages from Homer's Iliad.
- This hymn is found in many manuscript Polish and Bohemian hymnaries of the fourteenth centuries.
- The fourth edition of the hymnary is said to be the most Scottish yet with more than 100 hymns by Scottish composers.
- Only 290 of the 825 entries remain from the old hymnary which was last updated in 1973.
- Feet shuffled and timeworn hymnaries were opened with trembling hands.
- The new hymnary has to reflect what is being sung in Scottish.