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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] hymn +

-logy

: cf. F.

hymnologie

The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period;

as, the

hymnology

of the eighteenth century

; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body;

as, the Anglican

hymnology

A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.

Noun.

A collection of hymns.

hymnology ‎(usually uncountable, plural hymnologies)