Hymn /(hĭm)/

Hymn

n.
  1. An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.
    Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns.
    — Col. iii. 16.
    Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tuneful harps.

Phrases & Compounds

Hymn book
a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.

Hymn

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Hymned; p. pr. & vb. n. Hymning

  1. To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.
    To hymn the bright of the Lord.
    Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.

Hymn

v. i.
  1. To sing in praise or adoration.