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   hymn

   /hɪm/

   noun

   • 1. a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god: "a Hellenistic hymn to Apollo"
   • ▪ a formal song sung during Christian worship, typically by the whole congregation: "the traditional Easter hymn of rejoicing"
   • ▪ a book, film, or other composition praising someone or something: "the film is a hymn to blue-collar mateyness"

   verb

   • 1. praise (something): "the joys of domesticity were being hymned in magazines"
   • 2. sing hymns: rare "they were hymning to their god"

   Word Origin Old English, via Latin from Greek humnos ‘ode or song in praise of a god or hero’, used in the Septuagint to translate various Hebrew words, and hence in the New Testament and other Christian writings.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hymnic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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     4

   • Y

     4

   • M

     3

   • N

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