[hɪm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god
(e.g: a Hellenistic hymn to Apollo)


Phrases:

Origin:
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)


Phrases:

Origin:
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