as in hymnbook
a book of hymns
hymnals are distributed among the congregation before the church service so everyone can join in the singing
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Recent Examples of hymnal
Walking the line of banger and hymnal always felt like something only Kesha could do.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 July 2025
At tiny churches, phones even come in handy as hymnals and the music accompaniment for singing praises and lifting joyful songs because there is no organ or choir.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
The administration, everyone in the administration has required to sing at one hymnal.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2025
Within five lines, the bridge incorporates a hymnal, pledges undying devotion and solidifies a spiritual quality to the relationship that had been seeded earlier.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 July 2025
At tiny churches, phones even come in handy as hymnals and the music accompaniment for singing praises and lifting joyful songs because there is no organ or choir.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
The administration, everyone in the administration has required to sing at one hymnal.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2025
Within five lines, the bridge incorporates a hymnal, pledges undying devotion and solidifies a spiritual quality to the relationship that had been seeded earlier.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hymnal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hymnal
Noun
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Nelson also broadened leadership by appointing non-American members to the top governing body and supported regional hymnbooks reflecting local cultures.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff Some traditional songs arrived with the European migrants who brought their fiddles and hymnbooks to Appalachia and other regions.—
Simon Montlake,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 July 2024
Noun
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Most important, Sarr wants to arrange a complete psalmody in Wolof.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2022
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“Hymnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hymnal. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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