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hymn (enc)

Hymn

Noun1.hymn - a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
dithyramb - (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
religious song - religious music for singing
doxology - a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
choral, chorale - a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
canticle - a hymn derived from the Bible
Dies Irae - the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath')
hymeneal - a wedding hymn
Internationale - a revolutionary socialist anthem
pean, paean - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
recessional - a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
Te Deum - an ancient liturgical hymn
Verb1.hymn - sing a hymn
music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
sing - deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
2.hymn - praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God"
exalt, extol, glorify, laud, proclaim - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

 

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