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HYMN
hymn, anthem
(noun) a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
hymn
(verb) praise by singing a hymn; “They hymned their love of God”
hymn
(verb) sing a hymn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hymn (plural hymns)
A song of praise or worship.
Verb
hymn (third-person singular simple present hymns, present participle hymning, simple past and past participle hymned)
(ambitransitive) To sing a hymn.
(transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.
Source: Wiktionary
Hymn, n. Etym: [OE. hympne, ympne, F. hymne, OF. also ymne, L. hymnus, Gr. weave.]
Definition: An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tuneful harps. Dryden. Hymn book, a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.
Hymn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hymned; p. pr. & vb. n. Hymning.] Etym: [Cf. L. hymnire, Gr.
Definition: To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. To hymn the bright of the Lord. Keble. Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. Byron.
Hymn, v. i.
Definition: To sing in praise or adoration. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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