Definition of hymn Hymn
/hɪˈm/ - [him] - hymn
We found 13 definitions of hymn from 7 different sources.
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What does hymn mean?
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NounPlural: hymns |
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| hymn - a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) | ||
| anthem | ||
| religious song religious music for singing | ||
| dithyramb (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) | ||
| doxology a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God | ||
| choral, chorale a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | ||
| canticle a hymn derived from the Bible | ||
| hymeneal a wedding hymn | ||
| paean, pean (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) | ||
| recessional a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw | ||
Verb |
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| hymn - sing a hymn | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| sing to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing" | ||
| hymn - praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God" | ||
| extol, laud, exalt, glorify, proclaim praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hymn (n.)
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. - hymn (v. t.)
To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. - hymn (v. i.)
To sing in praise or adoration.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hymn
A song of praise or worship.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hymn
him, n. a song of praise, a metrical formula of public worship.—v.t. to celebrate in song: to worship by hymns.—v.i. to sing in adoration.—ns. Hym′nal, Hym′nary, a hymn-book.—adj. Hym′nic, relating to hymns.—ns. Hym′nody, hymns collectively: hymnology; Hymnog′rapher; Hymnog′raphy, the art of writing hymns; Hymnol′ogist; Hymnol′ogy, the study or composition of hymns. [Gr. hymnos.]
Wikipedia 
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A hymn is a religious song of worship, or a sacred song.
In the Seventh Day Adventist Church, the hymnal is called the Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal.
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