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Webster 1913 Edition

Hymn

Hymn

(hĭm)
,
Noun.
[OE.
hympne
,
ympne
, F.
hymne
, OF. also
ymne
, L.
hymnus
, Gr. [GREEK]; perh. akin to [GREEK] web, [GREEK] to weave, and so to E.
weave
.]
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.

Hymn

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hymned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hymning
.]
[Cf. L.
hymnire
, Gr. [GREEK].]
To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.
To
hymn
the bright of the Lord.
Keble.
Their praise is
hymned
by loftier harps than mine.
Byron.

Hymn

,
Verb.
I.
To sing in praise or adoration.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hymn

HYMN

,
Noun.
hym.
[L. hymnus; Eng. hum.]song or ode in honor of God, and among pagans, in honor of some deity. A hymn among christians is a short poem,composed for religious service, or a song of joy and praise to God. The word primarily expresses the tune,but it is used for the ode or poem.
And when the had sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives. Matt.26.

HYMN

,
Verb.
T.
hym.
To praise in song; to worship by singing hymns.
1.
To sing; to celebrate in song. They hymn their maker's praise.

HYMN

,
Verb.
I.
hym.
To sing in praise or adoration.

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