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hymnody|ˈhɪmnədɪ|
[ad. med.L. hymnōdia, a. Gr. ὑµνῳδία singing of hymns, f. ὕµνος hymn + ἀείδειν to sing, ᾠδή song, ode. Cf. psalmody.]
1. The singing of hymns or sacred songs; the composition of hymns for singing.
a1711Ken Urania Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 448 For as thy Temple-Offrings fall or rise, Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies. 1838Thirlwall Greece II. xii. 124 The epos..appears to have adhered to the model of the ancient hymnody. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) III. xxiii. 86 The poet has strictly preserved the proper form of hymnody. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. (ed. 2) 151, I had been prepared for the Moravians being great in hymnody.
2. Hymns collectively; the body of hymns belonging to any age, country, church, etc.
1864in Webster. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1654 Among the jewels of German hymnody. |