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
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.
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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
These are the exact same hymnals that are on our piano.
—Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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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
These are the exact same hymnals that are on our piano.
—Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hymnal
Noun
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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
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Singers sought for new hymnal (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saint soloists and choral singers are needed to help record songs for the new hymnbook, which is part of the church's digital sacred musical collection.—
David Noyce,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
24 Aug. 2023
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 18 Sep. 2025.
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