hymn
noun
[ hɪm ]
• a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god.
• "a Hellenistic hymn to Apollo"
Similar:
religious song,
anthem,
song of praise,
canticle,
chorale,
psalm,
carol,
chant,
antiphon,
introit,
doxology,
spiritual,
paean,
plainsong,
lay,
miserere,
hymn
verb
• praise (something).
• "the joys of domesticity were being hymned in magazines"
• sing hymns.
• "they were hymning to their god"
Origin:
Old English, via Latin from Greek humnos ‘ode or song in praise of a god or hero’, used in the Septuagint to translate various Hebrew words, and hence in the New Testament and other Christian writings.
