hymn

noun

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\ ˈhim

Definition of hymn

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : a song of praise to God sing a hymn of thanksgiving

b : a metrical composition adapted for singing in a religious service a book of hymns

2 : a song of praise or joy in jolly hymns they praise the god of wine— John Dryden

3 : something resembling a song of praise : paean The novel is a hymn to childhood and innocence.

hymn

verb

hymned\ ˈhimd

\; hymning\ ˈhi-miŋ

Definition of hymn (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to praise or worship in or as if in hymns (see hymn entry 1) the heroes who are hymned in this book

intransitive verb

: to sing a song that praises God : to sing a hymn listening to the choir hymn

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Noun sing a hymn of praise our Sunday church services always open with a hymn Verb during the honeymoon following the inauguration, newspaper articles seemed to hymn the president's every move

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun What a much-loved hymn can tell us about our country. — Dominic Pino, National Review, 4 July 2021 Thus, a song drunkenly belted out at West Virginia University tailgates was transmuted into an aspirational, mythological hymn. — Jason Jeong, The Atlantic, 4 May 2021 But it was originally written as a hymn and is Christian at its core. — Dominic Pino, National Review, 4 July 2021 The performance is followed by a second music video in Thai and a third in Dutch before viewing congregants are asked to sing a hymn in their own language. — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 July 2021 In the main sanctuary, Nellie, the church pianist, played a quiet hymn. — Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, 24 May 2021 Is this a requiem for the American family, or a hymn to its battered resilience? — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021 This year’s ceremony will feature an opening hymn, the national anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, a dove release, police pipe and drum corps, closing prayer and more. — Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021 It’s not a cover, but a hymn of its own, and the best expression of the magic that Ingram, Lambert, and Randall found out in Marfa. — Justin Curto, Vulture, 7 May 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb But this wasn’t a flattening of hierarchies of the sort long hymned in Silicon Valley reveries of the online demos. — Nathaniel Friedman, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2019 Rogers was a benevolent, ditty-dispensing educator in civic virtue and human tolerance, who hymned the miracles of beautiful days and kindly friends, while acknowledging the fallibility of us all. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019 But the wounds sustained and inflicted by cheating hearts, so often hymned by Nashville balladeers, are a specialty of Mr. Lonergan. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2016

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