hymn

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For a hymn is a wing by which the spirit soars above earthly cares and trials into a purer air and a clearer sunshine.

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  1. noun A song of praise or thanksgiving to God or a deity.
  2. noun A song of praise or joy; a paean.
  3. transitive verb To praise, glorify, or worship in or as if in a hymn.
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  • She began to hum one of her favorite hymns to take her mind off her dark thoughts until she realized the hymn was about death and redemption. —  Garwood, Julie - Rose 4 - One Red Rose
  • The parting hymn, ‘Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing’, sung at afternoon instead of morning assembly — a hymn which is rendered in every school at the end of every term, but the words of which, except for the opening line, have never been memorised by any generation of schoolchildren yet — pursued its mumbled course because all the hymnbooks had been collected, counted and locked away. —  No Winding Sheet-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 65
  • The greatest Veda hymn is the "Bhagavat Gita," a section in the Mahabharata concerning life's never-ending spiritual journey towards perfection. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The Webster's Dictionary states that a hymn is a sacred song expressing adoration. —  RSS Feed
  • The greatest Veda hymn is the "Bhagavad Gita," a section in the Mahabharata concerning life's never-ending spiritual journey towards perfection, to be attained by adhering to a code of conduct. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
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  1. Middle English imne, from Old French ymne, from Latin hymnus, song of praise, from Greek humnos.

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  1. from Middle English hympne, himpne, usually ympne, impne, from Anglo-Saxon hymen, ymen, plural ymnas, in Middle English mixed with Old French ymne, later hymne = Provencal hymne, ymne = Spanish himno = Portuguese hymno = Italian inno = D. G. Danish hymne = Swedish hymn, from Late Latin hymnus (in ecclesiastical use), from Greek υ%36μνος, a hymn, festive song, or ode in praise of gods or heroes. Origin uncertain; only once in Homer, in the phrase ύμνος άοιδῆς, which may perhaps mean literally ‘a web of song’; cf. ὑφή, a web, ὑφ-αίνειν, = Anglo-Saxon wefan, English weave.
  2. from hymn, n. Cf. Late Latin hymnire, sing hymns; from the noun.
 

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