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- noun Plural form of
hymn . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hymn .
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Examples
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I must say that it brings me great joy to read that the issue of the privatization of prayers and hymns is becoming a source of controversy.
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Especially he cursed the phonograph that in the cool twilights ground out gospel hymns from the deck of the Rattler.
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He was too a devoted student of hymnody, metre and of the ancient Latin hymns of the Church which he edited for the use of his congregation at St. Hugh a very attractive volume.
On Adrian Fortescue 2009
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This is what happens when choosing music for Mass is reduced to selecting hymns from a list.
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It contains a number of English and Latin hymns, while also containing Latin chant settings for the Ordinary.
Re-Enchanting the Parish Mass: Basic Textual Projects and Resources for the Reform of the Reform 2009
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The presence of the first and fourth scale degrees push it past the basic V-I found in hymns, but its resolute diatonicism keeps it from sounding like straight-up jazz.
Archive 2007-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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The presence of the first and fourth scale degrees push it past the basic V-I found in hymns, but its resolute diatonicism keeps it from sounding like straight-up jazz.
Our Prayer Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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They are currently recording an album of classic hymns from the Latin Mass but you can find them on their website and even on youtube If you like what you hear it would be great if you could help them become better known to the public by mentioning them in one of your blog posts one day.
There will be no visits to the emergency room Michelle 2008
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The translator of this Christmas hymn has, however, been a notable exception; choosing from Gerhardt's discursive strophes the most significant ideas, he has developed a poem of seven stanzas superior to most contemporary hymns from the German.
Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody 1976
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Cox, Frances Elizabeth, born at Oxford, well known as the translator of hymns from the German.
Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody 1976
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