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[hɪm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god
(e.g: a Hellenistic hymn to Apollo)
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Origin
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Old English hymen, via Latin from Greek humnos ‘ode or song in praise of a god or hero’, used in the Septuagint to translate various Hebrew words, and hence in the New Testament and other Christian writings
[hɪm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- praise (something)
(e.g: the joys of domesticity were being hymned in magazines)
- sing hymns
(e.g: they were hymning to their god)
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Origin
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Old English hymen, via Latin from Greek humnos ‘ode or song in praise of a god or hero’, used in the Septuagint to translate various Hebrew words, and hence in the New Testament and other Christian writings
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