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hymn

/hɪm/noun, verb1 syllable

Hymn means: a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).

Synonyms for hymn1

noun, as in a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

anthem

What does hymn mean?3

noun

1

a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

verb

1

sing a hymn

2

praise by singing a hymn“They hymned their love of God”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hymn?13

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Hymn in a sentence

  • When they returned from fishing, or from wherever they had been, they were wont to sing a hymn.jeedrek
  • Sami was singing his favorite hymn, Amazing Grace.OsoHombre
  • The morning service began with a hymn.CM
  • I heard some missionaries singing a hymn.CK
  • Life is a hymn; sing it!rul
  • One of my favorite hymns is Amazing Grace.CK
  • Sami's favorite hymn is Amazing Grace.OsoHombre
  • Tom will be singing his favorite hymn at today's church service.CK

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Forms of hymn

as a noun

plural
hymns

as a verb

past tense
hymned
present participle
hymning
third-person singular
hymns
past participle
hymned