hymn

Noun · Verb
US[him]/hɪm/1 syllable
Synonyms: anthem

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)hymns

  1. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)Synonyms: anthemType of religious songKinds dithyramb, hymeneal, paean, doxology, recessional, canticle, choraleExamples Internationale, Dies Irae, Te Deum

Verb (2)hymns, hymned, hymning

  1. sing a hymnMore general sing
  2. praise by singing a hymn“They hymned their love of God”More general laud, extol

Related words anthem noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Hymn (hĭm), noun

Origin: OE. hympne, ympne, F. hymne, OF. also ymne, L. hymnus, Gr. …; perh. akin to … web, … to weave, and so to E. weave.

An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving 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.— John Dryden

Hymn book, a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.

Hymn transitive verb [past tense & past participle Hymned; present participle & verbal noun Hymning.]

Origin: Cf. L. hymnire, Gr. ….

To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.

To hymn the bright of the Lord.— John Keble
Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.— George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron
Hymn intransitive verb

To sing in praise or adoration. John Milton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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