hymn (redirected from hymns)

hymn  (hm)

n.

1. A song of praise or thanksgiving to God or a deity.

2. A song of praise or joy; a paean.

v. hymned, hymn·ing, hymns

v.tr.

To praise, glorify, or worship in or as if in a hymn.

v.intr.

To sing hymns.

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[Middle English imne, from Old French ymne, from Latin hymnus, song of praise, from Greek humnos.]

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hymn

Noun

a Christian song of praise sung to God or a saint [Greek humnos]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hymn - a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) anthem 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 hymeneal - a wedding hymn 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
Verb	1.	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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hymn

noun 1. religious song, song of praise, carol, chant, anthem, psalm, paean, canticle, doxology

noun 2. song of praise, anthem, paean

Translations

hymn [hɪm] n → himno

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hymn [hɪm] n → hymne m; cantique m

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hymn [hɪm] n → Kirchenlied nt

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hymn [hɪm] n → inno; cantica

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hymn

n hymn [him]

a (usually religious) song of praise. gesang تَرْتيل، تَرْتيلَه химн hymnus, chvalozpěv salme die Hymne ύμνος himno hümn سرود بزرگداشت hymni cantique מִזמוֹר स्त्रोत, स्तोत्रगान crkvena pjesma, slavopojka (egyházi) ének lagu pujaan sálmur inno 賛美歌 찬송가 himnas (baznīcas) slavas dziesma; himna gita puja hymne salme, hymne hymn hino imn (церковный) гимн hymnus himna himna hymn, lovsång, psalm เพลงสวด ilâhî 贊美詩 гимн مناجات وغیرہ thánh ca 赞美诗