as in hymnal
a book of hymns
everyone turn to page 22 in the hymnary, please
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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 -
This was what drew Janet away from the Methodist Church her parents had raised her in—with its pews, hymnals, and stained glass—and toward the Assemblies of God Church, with its young people playing electric guitars while sporting bell-bottoms and denim vests.—
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12 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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“Hymnary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hymnary. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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