hymnody

/him-nuh-dee/US // ˈhɪm nə di //UK // (ˈhɪmnədɪ) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the singing or the composition of hymns or sacred songs.
- : hymns collectively, especially the collective hymns of a specific religion, place, or period.

It is doubtful if there is a nobler hymn of its kind in all the realm of hymnody.
With these writers the age of Latin hymnody is brought to a close.
Our best accounts of early Christian hymnody are often subordinated to a general history of Christian hymns.
Traces of poetic improvisation, which is so closely allied to hymnody, must be seriously considered at this point.
It was only natural that the hymnody of the Old Testament should have exerted a marked influence upon Christian practice.