hymn´like´

hymn´like´
hymn «hihm», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a song in praise or honor of God: »

Jonah prays and sings his canticles and hymns (Aldous Huxley).

2. any song of praise, such as one in honor of a country: »

What hymns are sung, what praises said For homemade miracles of bread? (Louis Untermeyer).

–v.t.
1. to praise or honor in a hymn or song: »

As sons of one great Sire, Hymning the Eternal Father (Milton).

2. to sing or express in a hymn.
3. to praise or extol: »

to hymn a newly elected administration.

–v.i.
to sing hymns.
[< Latin hymnus < Greek hýmnos]
hymn´like´, adjective.

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