A song of praise to God; any composition in praise of God which is adapted to be chanted or sung; spec. a metrical composition adapted to be sung in…

gen. (esp. in biblical use). A sacred song that is or may be sung in religious worship. Later also: any song or poem of a sacred or serious nature.

A song of praise, a hymn.

A song; a hymn.

A song, a canticle.

With a and in plural Te Deums, in reference to a recital of this, or (allusively) to any public utterance of praise to God; also, a service of…

A composition of the nature of a hymn.

A Hebrew hymn, thought to have been composed by Daniel ben Judah (fl. 1300), embodying the thirteen articles of the Jewish faith, and recited at…

A religious song belonging to a folk tradition associated particularly with black Christians in the southern United States, and which originated…

A hymn or gospel song written or performed by Ira David Sankey. Later also more generally (Caribbean): a hymn or religious song.

(See quots.)

A devotional song.

The title of a chant or mantra based on a name of the Hindu deity Vishnu; used esp. as an incantation by members of a religious sect in the U.S…