Hymn

Definition: Hymn

Hymn

Noun

1. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).

Verb

1. Sing a hymn.

2. Praise by singing a hymn: "They hymned their love of God".

Date "hymn" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Hymn occurs only Eph. 5:19 and Col. 3:16. The verb to "sing an hymn" occurs Matt. 26:30 and Mark 14:26. The same Greek word is rendered to "sing praises" Acts 16:25 (R.V., "sing hymns") and Heb. 2:12. The "hymn" which our Lord sang with his disciples at the last Supper is generally supposed to have been the latter part of the Hallel, comprehending Ps. 113-118. It was thus a name given to a number of psalms taken together and forming a devotional exercise. The noun hymn is used only with reference to the services of the Greeks, and was distinguished from the psalm. The Greek tunes required Greek hymns. Our information regarding the hymnology of the early Christians is very limited. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Hymn

Synonym: anthem (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Worship	Psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon, antiphony.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Hymn

English words defined with "hymn": Angelic Hymn ♦ canticle, choral, chorale, coronach ♦ Dies Irae, dirge, dithyramb, doxology ♦ Himpne, Hymned, Hymning, Hympne ♦ lament ♦ National anthem, Nowel ♦ paean, pean, praise ♦ recessional, Recessional hymn, requiem ♦ Secular hymn, song thrush, Stabat Mater ♦ Te Deum, threnody. (references)

Specialty definitions using "hymn": Adeste Fideles, Aretinian Syllables, Article omitted ♦ Cantabrian Surge, Cornubian Shore, Corycian Cave ♦ HOOT MON, Houyhnhnms, Hymn Tunes ♦ Luther's Hymn ♦ National Anthems ♦ tedium ♦ Ut Queat Laxis ♦ Veni, Creator Spiritus ♦ Yves. (references)

Etymologies containing "hymn": Polyhymnia. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Hymn" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (hymn ), Swedish (anthem, hymn, psalm), Welsh (hymn).

Domain	Usage
Clever	This evening at 7 P.M., there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Hymn to Her (1974) Battle Hymn (1957) Hymn of the Nations (1944) The Power of a Hymn (1912) His Mother's Hymn (1911)
Song Titles	Battle Hymn of the Republic (performing artist: Marilyn Horne) Hymn 43 (performing artist: Jethro Tull)
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Domain	Title
Books	One Hundred and One Hymn Stories (reference) The Hymn Of The Sun (reference) 101 More Hymn Stories (reference) 25 Most Treasured Gospel Hymn Stories (reference) A Hymn Before Battle (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Hymn (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Battle Hymn (reference) Toscanini:Maestro & Hymn of Nations (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	A Hymn for the World / Bartoli, Bocelli, Chung (reference) Hymn for the World 2 / Bartoli, Bocelli, Terfel, Chung (reference) Hymn Time in the Country (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Hearken ye sprightly : an old New England hymn. Credit: Library of Congress.		Hymn singing at meeting of Mothers' Club in Arvin migrant camp. California. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Group singing opening hymn. Sunday school. Dailey, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.		Preacher conducting hymn singing. Pentecostal church, Cambria, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Play	Caption
	A hymn played on piano featuring different registers of the piano from high to low.
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	His speech was roughly inspired and had the tremor of a hymn.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He wrote a hymn for Maundy Thursday
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Singing a hymn tune and rubbing the clothes all in time
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Liberia	However, government ceremonies invariably open and close with prayer and may include the singing of a hymn. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source -- the first words of the ancient Latin hymn Te Deum Laudamus. In this apparently natural derivation there is something that saddens.
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"Hymn" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.32% of the time. "Hymn" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.32%	292	17,014
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.01%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.67%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	297	N/A

Expressions using "hymn": Angelic Hymn ♦ Hymn book ♦ hymn of victory ♦ hymn singing ♦ hymn writing ♦ liturgical hymn ♦ Marseillaise hymn ♦ offertory hymn ♦ opening hymn ♦ recessional hymn ♦ secular hymn. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "hymn": hymn-book, hymn-books, hymn-compositions, hymn-like, hymn-melody, hymn-motet, hymn-sandwich, hymn-settings, hymn-singers, hymn-singing, hymn-text, hymn-tune, hymn-tunes, hymn-writer, hymn-writers.
	Ending with "hymn": parody-hymn.
	Containing "hymn": lutheran-hymn-like.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "hymn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		himn (anthem, chant, Laud, Maidenhead, paean), i thur himne. (various references)

Arabic		‏نشيد وطني (anthem, dirge), ‏تسبيحة (paean), ‏ترنيمة (chant, gradual, psalm, sequence), ‏ترتيلة (chant), ‏سبح الله بالتراتيل. (various references)

Bulgarian		славословя, химн (anthem), църковна песен (anthem), възпявам (berhyme, berime, chant, descant, sing, tune), пея химни. (various references)

Chinese		聖詩 , 聖歌 , 赞美诗 (hymnal, hymns, Psalm, Psalms). (various references)

Czech		hymnus, chvalozpìv (canticle). (various references)

Danish		sangtekst (hymn sheet), sangbog (songbook), salmebog (hymn book). (various references)

Dutch		kerkgezang (anthem), hymne (anthem). (various references)

Esperanto		himno (anthem). (various references)

Faeroese		lovsongur (anthem). (various references)

Farsi		تسبیح وتمجیدگفتن , سرودحمدوثنا, سرودخواندن (Sing), سرودروحانی (Psalm, Song), سرود (Anthem, Canto, Chant, Psalm, Sing, Song, Warble). (various references)

Finnish		hymni (anthem), virsi, koraali (choral). (various references)

French		hymne. (various references)

German		Hymne (anthem). (various references)

Greek		ύμνοσ (anthem, canticle), υμνολογώ, τροπάρι, ψαλμός (psalm). (various references)

Hebrew		מזמור (chant, psalm, song), תפלה (invocation, litany, orison, prayer, psalm, service, supplication), שיר (chant, poem, poetry, song), זמירה (psalm, singing), המנון. (various references)

Hungarian		zsolozsma (chant, even song), egyházi ének (chant, choral, chorale). (various references)

Indonesian		gita (song). (various references)

Italian		inno (anthem). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		聖歌 (chant, sacred song), 賛美歌　 (hymnal, songbook), 賛美歌 (hymnal), 讚美歌 (hymnal), 讃美歌 (hymnal). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さんびか (hymnal), せいか (chant, confectionery, essence, fame, flower, flower arrangement, fresh flowers, fruitand vegetables, fruits, glory, governing one's family, height of summer, home, influential family, lower abdomen, metallic currency, midsummer, net price, regular curriculum, regular price, reputation, request for leave of absence, required subject, results, sacred fire, sacred song, shoe-making, specie, the man in power, vacation request). (various references)

Korean		찬송가 (hymns). (various references)

Manx		hymn. (various references)

Norwegian		hymne (anthem), salme. (various references)

Papiamen		himno (anthem). (various references)

Pig Latin		ymnhay.(various references)

Polish		pieśń (anthem, song). (various references)

Portuguese		hino (anthem, canticle, choral, paean). (various references)

Romanian		imn religios, imn (anthem, canticle, Carol, psalm), cântec de slavã. (various references)

Russian		гимн (anthem, canticle). (various references)

Scottish		laoidh (a lay, lay, sacred poem). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		hvalospev (dithyramb, paean, panegyric), himna (anthem), tropar, slavopoj (canticle, panegyric), pevati slavopoj, pevati himnu. (various references)

Spanish		himno (anthem, canticle). (various references)

Swedish		lovsång (anthem, canticle, Carol, Laud, paean), psalm (chorale, psalm). (various references)

Thai		กลอนสวด. (various references)

Turkish		ulusal marş (national anthem), milli marş (national anthem), ilahi söylemek (chant), ilahi (anthem, canticle, celestial, chant, divine, elysian, godly, heavenly, psalm), ilâhi ile övmek, ílahí (anthem). (various references)

Turkmen		gimn (r). (various references)

Ukrainian		славословити, співати псалми (psalm), гімн (anthem, paean), псалом (psalm). (various references)

Vietnamese		bài thánh ca bài hát ca tụng quốc ca. (various references)

Welsh		hymn, emyn, cathlu (sing), cathl (lay, melody). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	hymnos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	hymnis, hymno, hymnos, hymnum, hymnus, melea. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 30
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai umnhsanteV exhlqon eiV to oroV twn elaiwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et hymno dicto exierunt in montem Oliveti
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And whanne the ympne was seid, thei wenten out in to the mount of Olyuete.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And when they had sayde grace they went out into mounte olyvete.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And after a song of praise to God, they went out to the Mountain of Olives.
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Language	Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 30
Cebuano	Ug sa nakaawit silag usa ka awit, sila nangadto sa Bungtod sa mga Olivo.
Chinese	他們唱了詩、就出來往橄欖山去。
Croatian	Otpjevavši hvalospjeve, zaputiše se prema Maslinskoj gori.
Danish	Og da de havde sunget Lovsangen, gik de ud til Oliebjerget.
Dutch	En als zij den lofzang gezongen hadden, gingen zij uit naar den Olijfberg.
Finnish	Ja veisattuaan kiitosvirren he lähtivät Öljymäelle.
French	Après voir chanté les cantiques, ils se rendirent à la montagne des oliviers.
German	Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatte, gingen sie hinaus an den Ölberg.
Hungarian	És dícséretet énekelvén, kimenének az olajfák hegyére.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kemudian mereka menyanyikan sebuah nyanyian pujian. Dan sesudah itu mereka pergi ke Bukit Zaitun.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Setelah sudah mereka itu menyanyikan puji-pujian, keluarlah mereka itu menuju ke Bukit Zaitun.
Italian	E dopo aver cantato l'inno, uscirono verso il monte degli Ulivi.
Manx Gaelic	As tra v'ad er ghoaill arrane-moyllee hie ad magh gys cronk ny Oliveyn.
Maori	A, no ka mutu ta ratou himene, ka haere ki Maunga Oriwa.
Norwegian	Og da de hadde sunget lovsangen, gikk de ut til Oljeberget.
Portuguese	E tendo cantado um hino, saíram para o Monte das Oliveiras.
Rumanian	Dupq ce au ckntat ckntarea, au iewit kn muntele Mqslinilor.
Shuar	Yús-kantan Kantamáwar umikiar Uriwiu Náinnium wearmiayi.
Spanish	Y después de cantar un himno, salieron al monte de los Olivos.
Swahili	Baada ya kuimba wimbo, wakaondoka, wakaenda katika mlima wa Mizeituni.
Swedish	När de sedan hade sjungit lovsången, gingo de ut till Oljeberget.
Uma	Oti toe morona' -ramo hanyala rona' pe'une'. Kahudu-ra morona', malai-ramo ngkai ngata hilou hi Bulu' Zaitun.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hymn": hymnal, hymnals, hymnaries, hymnary, hymnbook, hymnbooks, hymned, hymning, hymnist, hymnists, hymnless, hymnlike, hymnodies, hymnody, hymnologies, hymnology, hymns. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Hymn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gymn, Haymon, hemn, Heym, heyn, hiem, himn, hinn, Hiyan, Hmy, humn, hym, hyman, hyme, hymne, hymnl, hyn, hyng, Hysni, Hyum, hyun, rhymn, yhm. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "hymn" (pronounced hi"m)
3	h i" m	him.
2	-i" m	brim, Mim, prelim, prim, dim, grim, gym, kibbutzim, limb, rim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, trim, vim, whim.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "h-m-n-y"
	-2 letters: hm, my.
	Words containing the letters "h-m-n-y"
	+1 letter: hymen, hymns, mynah, nymph.
	+2 letters: hominy, hymens, hymnal, hymned, mynahs, nympha, nympho, nymphs.
	+3 letters: chimney, harmony, homonym, humanly, hymenal, hymenia, hymnals, hymnary, hymning, hymnist, hymnody, monthly, mynheer, nymphae, nymphal, nymphet, nymphos, rhyming, thymine.
	+4 letters: chimneys, chymosin, gymkhana, handyman, handymen, hegemony, hegumeny, hogmanay, hogmenay, homogeny, homogony, homonyms, homonymy, humanely, humanity, hymeneal, hymenial, hymenium, hymnbook, hymnists, hymnless, hymnlike, mahogany, monarchy, mynheers, naumachy, nomarchy, nymphean, nymphets, symphony, theonomy, thymines, thymosin, unrhymed, yachtman, yachtmen.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
hymn	869	hymn words	32
battle hymn of the republic	311	funeral hymn	32
hymn lyrics	216	christian hymn lyrics	30
catholic hymn	123	air force hymn	29
christian hymn	114	gospel hymn lyrics	29
marine hymn	108	catholic hymn lyrics	28
church hymn	84	chord for hymn	27
lds hymn	81	sheet music hymn	26
gospel hymn	73	old hymn	26
hymn mater	72	city hymn marine	25
navy hymn	64	hymn book	24
hymn for wedding	55	praise hymn soundtrack	23
baptist hymn	55	aggie war hymn	23
marine corps hymn	51	guitar hymn	23
hymn midi	51	coptic hymn	22
hymn and history	49	battle hymn	22
battle hymn lyrics republic	47	hymn music	22
hymn liturgical	37	hymn lutheran	20
praise hymn	32	corp hymn marine	20
hymn story	32	chord guitar hymn	19
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Hymn

Definition: Hymn

Hymn

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Verb

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Specialty Definition: Hymn

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Synonym: Hymn

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Sounds Captioned with "Hymn".

Use in Literature: Hymn

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Hymn

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Hymn

Expressions: Hymn

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hymn

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