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hymn

/hɪm

noun

1A religious song or poem of praise to God or a god: a Hellenistic hymn to Apollo...

Wine and even drunkenness are frequent images in medieval hymns and other religious poems.
They should be ‘words’ that can't be easily guessed, like acronyms referring to hymns, praise songs, or verses.
The Rig Veda is a collection of hymns praising the gods and glorifying the conquests and the heroics of the aristocratic Aryan cult.

Synonyms

religious song, anthem, song of praise, canticle, chorale, psalm, carol, chant;

antiphon, introit, doxology, spiritual, paean, plainsong

rare lay, miserere

1.1A formal song sung during Christian worship, typically by the whole congregation: the traditional Easter hymn of rejoicing...

In the Christian tradition, hymns are songs of worship, sung by congregation and choir.
I used to feel good when I went to the local Congregational Church and sang hymns.
The congregation also sang the hymns Lord Of All Hopefulness and Abide With Me, and heard clips of Peel speaking in a variety of radio broadcasts.

1.2A book, film, or other composition praising someone or something: the film is a hymn to blue-collar mateyness...

More precisely, the film is a hymn to the theatricality implicit in most love affairs: their deceptive art and sweet fraudulence.
One of my favorite books is an extended hymn of praise to French food, wine and general attitude toward the pleasant things in life.
Will Hutton's new book is a hymn of praise to Europe.

verb

1 [with object] Praise (something): the joys of domesticity were being hymned in magazines...

Already enamoured of the small Canadian town, he began to hymn its praises in verse which he read to public gatherings.
For example, they did not often gather together with harps and rebecks to celebrate their national glories, or to hymn their national heroes.
He hymns the progress of the year just past and the minty weight of new policies waiting for examination.

2 [no object] rare Sing hymns: they were hymning to their god...

There were Victorian songs of stilted enthusiasm for the innocence and clear sunny skies of the new country, hymned in the English art song idiom.
All set for the kindling of the sacred fire, we hymn you, O Lord, with our verses, invoking your powerful grace.

Derivatives

hymnic

/ˈhɪmnɪk/ adjective ...

There are also quieter passages - some dark, like ‘Off To The Mill,’ and others, like ‘Cocoon,’ featuring a more hymnic quality.
In 1970 a new communion liturgy with four musical settings (contemporary, hymnic, chant, and folk) was published as CW - 2.
The 1965 resolution of the LCMS convention clearly envisioned liturgical and hymnic materials ‘under a single cover.’

Origin

Old English, via Latin from Greek humnos 'ode or song in praise of a god or hero', used in the Septuagint to translate various Hebrew words, and hence in the New Testament and other Christian writings.

单词	hymn
释义	hymn /hɪm / noun 1A religious song or poem of praise to God or a god: a Hellenistic hymn to* Apollo... Wine and even drunkenness are frequent images in medieval hymns and other religious poems. They should be ‘words’ that can't be easily guessed, like acronyms referring to hymns, praise songs, or verses. The Rig Veda is a collection of hymns praising the gods and glorifying the conquests and the heroics of the aristocratic Aryan cult. Synonyms religious song, anthem, song of praise, canticle, chorale, psalm, carol, chant; antiphon, introit, doxology, spiritual, paean, plainsong rare* lay, miserere 1.1A formal song sung during Christian worship, typically by the whole congregation: the traditional Easter hymn of rejoicing... In the Christian tradition, hymns are songs of worship, sung by congregation and choir. I used to feel good when I went to the local Congregational Church and sang hymns. The congregation also sang the hymns Lord Of All Hopefulness and Abide With Me, and heard clips of Peel speaking in a variety of radio broadcasts. 1.2A book, film, or other composition praising someone or something: the film is a hymn to* blue-collar mateyness... More precisely, the film is a hymn to the theatricality implicit in most love affairs: their deceptive art and sweet fraudulence. One of my favorite books is an extended hymn of praise to French food, wine and general attitude toward the pleasant things in life. Will Hutton's new book is a hymn of praise to Europe. verb 1 [with object]* Praise (something): the joys of domesticity were being hymned in magazines... Already enamoured of the small Canadian town, he began to hymn its praises in verse which he read to public gatherings. For example, they did not often gather together with harps and rebecks to celebrate their national glories, or to hymn their national heroes. He hymns the progress of the year just past and the minty weight of new policies waiting for examination. 2 [no object] rare Sing hymns: they were hymning to* their god... There were Victorian songs of stilted enthusiasm for the innocence and clear sunny skies of the new country, hymned in the English art song idiom. All set for the kindling of the sacred fire, we hymn you, O Lord, with our verses, invoking your powerful grace. Derivatives hymnic /ˈhɪmnɪk/ adjective ... There are also quieter passages - some dark, like ‘Off To The Mill,’ and others, like ‘Cocoon,’ featuring a more hymnic quality. In 1970 a new communion liturgy with four musical settings (contemporary, hymnic, chant, and folk) was published as CW - 2. The 1965 resolution of the LCMS convention clearly envisioned liturgical and hymnic materials ‘under a single cover.’ Origin Old English, via Latin from Greek humnos* 'ode or song in praise of a god or hero', used in the Septuagint to translate various Hebrew words, and hence in the New Testament and other Christian writings. Rhymes bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim
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hymn

Derivatives

hymnic

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