hymn

Definitions

1. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one
2. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
3. To sing a hymn
4. To praise or extol in hymns

Equivalents

Examples

“But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder⟳ Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound⟳ and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.”

“An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear⟳ thumping away as you enter⟳. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.”

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