| hymn | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. anthem, hymn | a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation). |
| ~ dithyramb | (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus). |
| ~ religious song | religious music for singing. |
| ~ doxology | a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God. |
| ~ choral, chorale | a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune. |
| ~ canticle | a hymn derived from the Bible. |
| ~ dies irae | the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath'). |
| ~ hymeneal | a wedding hymn. |
| ~ internationale | a revolutionary socialist anthem. |
| ~ pean, paean | (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity). |
| ~ recessional | a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw. |
| ~ te deum | an ancient liturgical hymn. |
| v. (creation) | 2. hymn | sing a hymn. |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ sing | deliver by singing.; "Sing Christmas carols" |
| v. (communication) | 3. hymn | praise by singing a hymn.; "They hymned their love of God" |
| ~ exalt, extol, glorify, laud, proclaim | praise, glorify, or honor.; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" |
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