3 entries under this word

Hymn

Hymn, n.

noun

(hĭm), n. [Fr. hymne, Lat. hymnus, Gr. ὕμνος, a festive song, a song of praise; Pr. hymne, ymne, Sp. himno, Pg. hymno, It. inno.] An ode or song of praise; especially, a religious ode; a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving to a deity or to God; a psalm intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts’s hymns.

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16.

Hȳmn, v. t.

verbtransitive

(hĭm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. HYMNED; p. pr. & vb. n. HYMNING.] [See supra. Lat. hymnire, Gr. ὑμνεῖν.] To praise or celebrate in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.

Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. Byron.

Hȳmn, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To sing in praise or adoration. Milton.