was wotd|2007|December|18
English
Etymology
From Old French hymnodie, from L. hymnodia, from AGr. Polytonic|�μνο�, hymnos, "song of praise", which itself is derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem *sh<sub>2</sub>em-, "sing", related to Hittite unicode|išḫamai, "he sings", and Sanskrit s�man, "song", + suffix -ody, Latin -odia, from Greek contracted form term|scGrek|ᾠδή|tr�d�||song, from term|scGrek|�οιδή|traoid�||song.
Pronunciation
a|RP|US IPA|/�hɪm.n�.di/
audio|en-us-hymnody.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun|hymnod|ies|-
- uncountable The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
#* 1721, w:Thomas Ken|Thomas Ken, "Vrania: or, the Spouſe's Garden", The Works of the Right Reverend, Learned and Pious, Thomas Ken, D.D., Vol. IV, J. Wyat, page 448,
#*: Primeval worship|Worſhip, Lord, retrieve, / For whose|whoſe Decays the Faithful grieve, / For as thy Temple-offerings|Off'rings fall or riſe, / Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies.
- countable The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time.
#* 1718, William Gordon, An Apology for the Use of the English Liturgy and Worship, J. Bettenham, page 56
#*: Therefore do we recite this seraphic|Seraphick Theology delivered to us, that in that celestial|cæleſtial Hymnody we may communicate with the w:Heavenly Host|Heavenly Hoſt �
Related terms
hymn
hymnal
hymnodist
hymnology
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