Hymns - English meaning

noun

A rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause.

Usage examples:

The song became the anthem for hippy activists

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A song that has special importance for a particular group of people or country, often sung on special occasions

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(in traditional western christian liturgy) a short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle.

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The way the monks moved echoed the antiphons of the psalms themselves.

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A hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a church service.

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Subtitled ‘overture on liturgical themes,’ it is based on the obikhod, a collection of russian orth…

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A religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with christmas.

Usage examples:

We sang carols by candlelight

verb

Sing or say (something) happily.

Usage examples:

She was cheerfully carolling the words of the song

noun

A christmas carol

Usage examples:

We went caroling in the neighborhood.

noun

A repeated rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by a crowd.

Usage examples:

A group of young people set up a chant of ‘why are we waiting?’

verb

Say or shout repeatedly in a sing-song tone.

Usage examples:

Protesters were chanting slogans

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A stately hymn tune, especially one associated with the german lutheran church.

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Fervent disputes were aroused by prayer in the vernacular, chorales after protestant models, mixed …

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A formal song written to be sung by a choir, especially in a church

noun

A liturgical formula of praise to god.

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After the singing of the doxology the congregation separated

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A short hymn (= song) or poem praising god, sung or said as part of a christian church service

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A psalm or antiphon sung or said while the priest approaches the altar for the eucharist.

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Not just settings of the ordinary, but the copious amounts of plainchant needed to cover all the pr…

verb

Put (something) down gently or carefully.

Usage examples:

She laid the baby in his cot

noun

Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’.

Usage examples:

She laid great stress on little courtesies

adjective

Not ordained into or belonging to the clergy.

Usage examples:

A lay preacher

noun

A psalm in which mercy is sought, especially psalm 51 or the music written for it.

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A song of praise or triumph.

Usage examples:

A paean of praise for the great poets

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A song, film, or piece of writing that praises someone or something very enthusiastically

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The song is a paean to solitude and independence.

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Unaccompanied church music sung in unison in medieval modes and in free rhythm corresponding to the accentuation of the words, which are taken from the liturgy.

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Melody, harmony, and rhythm became as important to music as plainsong and counterpoint, and the art…

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A type of simple group singing without instruments, used in the christian church

noun

A sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those contained in the biblical book of psalms and used in christian and jewish worship.

Usage examples:

A delightful setting of psalm 150

adjective

Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

Usage examples:

I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare

noun

A religious song of a kind associated with black christians of the southern us, and thought to derive from the combination of european hymns and african musical elements by black slaves.

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The cwmbach male voice choir entertained with a traditional repertoire of welsh hymns, spirituals a…

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A kind of religious song, originally developed by african-americans

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Religion focuses on the spiritual side of life., he’s the group’s spiritual leader., researchers ar…