Synonyms of hymnals

hymnals

noun

plural of hymnal

as in hymnbooks

a book of hymns

hymnals are distributed among the congregation before the church service so everyone can join in the singing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hymnbooks
• songbooks
• missals
• Psalters
• hymnaries
• breviaries
• songsters
• psalmodies
• antiphonaries
• antiphonals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hymnals

Similar cases include 3M’s accidental invention of Post-it Notes (first used as ad hoc bookmarks for hymnals); Shopify’s pivot from selling snowboards to enabling e-commerce infrastructure; and Instagram’s shift from a cluttered check-in app to a focused photo-sharing platform. — Kumar Rakesh Ranjan, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026

Onstage, musicians scroll through New Age worship lyrics on iPhones propped on tripods, where hymnals once might have been. — Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026