Hymn

n.	1.	An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. - Col. iii. 16. Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tuneful harps. - Dryden. Hymn book a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.
v. t.	1.	To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. [imp. & p. p. Hymned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hymning .] To hymn the bright of the Lord. - Keble. Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. - Byron.
v. i.	1.	To sing in praise or adoration.

Noun	1.	hymn - a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) Synonyms: anthem
Verb	1.	hymn - sing a hymn
	2.	hymn - praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God"

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