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a
:a song of praise to God
sing ahymn of thanksgiving
b
:ametrical composition adapted for singing in a religious service
a book ofhymns
2
:a song of praise or joy
in jollyhymns they praise the god of wine—
John Dryden
John Dryden3
:something resembling a song of praise:paean
The novel is ahymn to childhood and innocence.
:to praise or worship in or as if in hymns (seehymnentry 1)
the heroes who arehymned in this book
:to sing a song that praises God:to sing a hymn
listening to the choirhymn
Synonyms
Examples ofhymn in a Sentence
Noun sing ahymn of praise our Sunday church services always open with ahymnVerb during the honeymoon following the inauguration, newspaper articles seemed tohymn the president's every move
Recent Examples on the WebLauren Said-Moorhouse,CNN, 10 Mar. 2025Renditions of those melancholichymns, which often told of homesickness and heartbreak, played from a speaker in the courtyard.—Chris Schalkx,Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025Mark Swed,Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023His own work reflects a lifelong love of reading in many genres, and his books brim with the testimonies of poets, artists, and mystics whohymnthe delights of sentience.—Nick Romeo,The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023See All Example Sentences forhymn
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Noun
The pair sang along tohymnsand the UK’s national anthem, and smiled while watching the performances.—Lauren Said-Moorhouse,CNN, 10 Mar. 2025Renditions of those melancholichymns, which often told of homesickness and heartbreak, played from a speaker in the courtyard.—Chris Schalkx,Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025Verb
Holst leaves the listener in the far removes of outer space, with Neptune being a study in musical mysticism, highlighted by a hiddenhymningwomen’s chorus, as if heard from a mysterious distance.—Mark Swed,Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023His own work reflects a lifelong love of reading in many genres, and his books brim with the testimonies of poets, artists, and mystics whohymnthe delights of sentience.—Nick Romeo,The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023See All Example Sentences forhymnWord History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle Englishymne, from Old Englishymen, from Latinhymnus song of praise, from Greekhymnos
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1a
Verb
1667, in the meaning defined attransitive sense
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“Hymn.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hymn. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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hymn
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1
:a song of praise especially to God
2
:a religious song
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