Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hymnody.
- n. The study of hymns.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The science of hymns, treating of their history, classification, criticism, and use.
- n. Hymnody.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; ; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body.
- n. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
Etymologies
- Greek humnologiā, singing of hymns : humnos, hymn + logos, saying; see -logy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The invention of printing from movable types, about 1452, by Johann Gutenberg of Mainz marks an era in Latin hymnology, because of the prompt use of the new method to multiply the Church books in use in the various dioceses.”
“Some of his verses rank among the best in Welsh hymnology; and one especially is known wherever the Welsh tongue is spoken.”
“[84] Matthesius's sermons; yet his best show that he had in good measure the real gift of song, and mark a new style in German hymnology, not the grave and lofty tone that had been caught from the Psalms of David, but the simple, earnest, picturesque manner of the popular songs.”
“The one great step that was made in German hymnology at this time was the official introduction of vernacular hymns into the Roman Catholic churches of Southern Germany and Austria.”
“Him that existed before all ages, hast thou as a babe brought forth and hast rejuvenated our hearts which were decayed through many sins; accept also the renewal of our hymnology which is being offered unto Thy festival, O all-holy Theotokos.”
“As reported at ThinkProgress, Joe the Deacon, had this to say about replacing baby Jesus with a lump of Christmas coal in Silent Night: "I'll put my years as a Sunday school teacher, church deacon and church musician up against just about anybody else when it comes to understanding hymnology and respect for religious traditions.”
“We are asked to assume what the hymnology of Easter Sunday calls “another way of living.””
“Next to go should be those "We are Jesus" hymns in which the congregation for the first time in two millennia of Christian hymnology pretends that it's Christ.”
“Mr. Biggs is a student of hymnology, and we were soon in full swing on this mutually congenial subject.”
“Worship (Public and Private) Including the church year, Christian symbols, liturgy, prayer, hymnology”
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