Part 5485

<h1>Hymn</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hymn</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To sing in praise or adoration.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hymnal</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A collection of hymns; a hymn book.</def>

<h1>Hymnic</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym"nic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hymnique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics.</def>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Hymning</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hymn"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Praising with hymns; singing.</def> "The <i>hymning</i> choir."

<i>G. West.</i>

<h1>Hymning</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hymn"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The singing of hymns.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hymnist</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym"nist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of hymns.</def>

<h1>Hymnody</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym"no*dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ a hymn + <?/ a song, a singing.]</ety> <def>Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.</def>

<h1>Hymnographer</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym*nog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who writes on the subject of hymns.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A writer or composed of hymns.</def>

<h1>Hymnography</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym*nog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hymn + <ets>graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or act of composing hymns.</def>

<h1>Hymnologist</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym*nol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.</def>

<i>Busby.</i>

<h1>Hymnology</h1> <Xpage=719>

<hw>Hym*nol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ hymn + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hymnologie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; <as>as, the <ex>hymnology</ex> of the eighteenth century</as>; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; <as>as, the Anglican <ex>hymnology</ex></as>.</def>