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Synonyms for hymn

Grammar : Noun
Spell : him
Phonetic Transcription : hɪm

Top 10 synonyms for hymn
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Définition of hymn

Origin :
  • c.1000, from Old French ymne and Old English ymen, both from Latin hymnus "song of praise," from Greek hymnos "song or ode in praise of gods or heroes," used in Septuagint for various Hebrew words meaning "song praising God." Possibly a variant of hymenaios "wedding song," from Hymen, Greek god of marriage (see hymen), or from a PIE root *sam- "to sing" (cf. Hittite iÅ¡hamai "he sings," Sanskrit saman- "hymn, song") [Watkins]. Evidence for the silent -n- dates from at least 1530.
  • noun religious song
Example sentences :
  • The hymn, the portion of Scripture, and the prayer of Brother Buster.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • After about twenty minutes, he ceased, saying, "We will now sing a hymn."
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Now we know a proper evening hymn, and you may go quickly to rest, my children.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • The latter, who had given out the hymn, was a man of very different caliber.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Then the sailors sang a hymn of praise, and the hymn was of the king and to the king.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Sweet smoke was curling upward, and the room rang with a hymn.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Then they went through the service together, from hymn and prayer to the sermon.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Shall we then put up a hymn, and retire from the business of the day?'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Author of many volumes of sermons and the hymn "Lead Kindly Light."
  • Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various
  • The proceedings always closed with a Hymn to the Virgin Mary.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
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