| 单词 | old hundredth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOld Hundredth 2. Old Hundredth, a hymn tune which first appeared in the Geneva psalter of 1551 and was later set to Psalm 100 in the ‘old’ metrical version of the Geneva Psalter (hymn 166 in ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern’); the psalm itself. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > kinds of psalm > hundredth > [noun] jubilate1706 Old Hundredth1837 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > psalm > musical settings tunec1450 psalm tune1632 miserere1779 Old Hundredth1837 1790 N. Brady & N. Tate New Version Psalms 240 The Psalms in this Version of four Lines in a single Stanza..may properly be sung as the old 100 Psalm.] 1837 T. Bacon First Impressions Hindostan I. vi. 153 I have often..heard the organ pealing forth the solemn notes of the old hundredth psalm. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 349 Brother Mordlin had adapted the beautiful words of ‘Who hasn't heard of a Jolly Young Waterman?’ to the tune of the Old Hundredth. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xviii. 192 The dog..ground hard at the organ..and applied himself..to the Old Hundredth. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xv. 298 I found out from the words, far more than from the attempt at the tune, that it was the Old Hundredth she was crooning to herself. 1934 R. Ferguson Celebrated Sequels 25 Our vicar's wife says that on the whole we had better stick to the Old Hundredth. 1955 M. Gilbert Sky High i. 7 ‘What's the last hymn next Sunday..?’ ‘Hundred and Sixty-six. Old Hundredth. You all know that.’ < as lemmas |
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