hymn : Idioms & Phrases


Abecedarian psalms, hymns

  • etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet.
Webster 1913

Hymn book

  • a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.
Webster 1913

Marseillaise hymn, ∨ The Marseillaise

  • the national anthem of France, popularly so called. It was composed in 1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an officer then stationed at Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the first time by the band of men who came from Marseilles to aid in the revolution of August 10, 1792; whence the name.
Webster 1913

Recessional hymn

  • a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.
Webster 1913

Secular hymnpoem

  • a hymn or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games.
Webster 1913

Theurgic hymns

  • songs of incantation.
Webster 1913