hymns
Meaning of hymns
plural noun
- a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god.
a Hellenistic hymn to Apollo
- praise (something).
the joys of domesticity were being hymned in magazines
- sing hymns.
they were hymning to their god
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.
Information about hymns
- The singular form of hymns is: hymn.
- Languages in which hymns is used:
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Hyphenation of hymns
hymns
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- hymns is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
hymns synonyms
Meaning a musical setting of a religious text to be sung by a choir during a church service, especially in Anglican or Protestant Churches:
Meaning a hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a church service:
Meaning a stately hymn tune, especially one associated with the German Lutheran Church:
Meaning a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those contained in the biblical Book of Psalms and used in Christian and Jewish worship:
Meaning a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas:
Meaning a repeated rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by a crowd:
Meaning (in traditional Western Christian liturgy) a short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle:
Meaning a psalm or antiphon sung or said while the priest approaches the altar for the Eucharist:
Meaning a liturgical formula of praise to God:
Meaning a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians of the southern US, and thought to derive from the combination of European hymns and African musical elements by black slaves:
Meaning a creative work expressing enthusiastic praise:
Meaning unaccompanied church music sung in unison in medieval modes and in free rhythm corresponding to the accentuation of the words, which are taken from the liturgy:
Meaning the general appearance of an area of land:
Meaning a psalm in which mercy is sought, especially Psalm 51 or the music written for it:
Words that rhyme with hymns
No rhymes for hymns found