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hymnody

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhɪm.nə.di/ (US)

Definition of hymnody

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
    “Primeval Worſhip, Lord, retrieve, / For whoſe Decays the Faithful grieve, / For as thy Temple-Off'rings fall or riſe, / Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
    “Primeval Worſhip, Lord, retrieve, / For whoſe Decays the Faithful grieve, / For as thy Temple-Off'rings fall or riſe, / Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies.”
  2. (countable)The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time.
    “Therefore do we recite this Seraphick Theology delivered to us, that in that cæleſtial Hymnody we may communicate with the Heavenly Hoſt …”

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Etymology

From Old French hymnodie, from Latin hymnodia, from Ancient Greek ὑμνῳδία (humnōidía), from ὑμνῳδέω (humnōidéō, “to sing a hymn”), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “song of praise”) + ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”).

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