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hymns

NOUN

religious song

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chant ditty oratorio paean psalm

STRONG

aria canticle carol choral chorale descant evensong hallelujah hosanna laud lay lied ode shout

WEAK

alleluia littany song of praise worship song

Example Sentences

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The evangelist Billy Graham solidified his appeal by supplanting hymns with the style of music to which teens and young adults flocked; Broadway even chimed in with the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

From every camp come hymns to the principle of free passage without saying how to uphold it in present circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The service, which included hymns from the Welsh choir Côr Meibion Taf, took place at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Leeds, before a wake at Leeds United's Elland Road ground.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

These hymns need nothing more than measured repetition over a few beautiful melodies to stick.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

I sang against him my most perfect backward-forward hymns, because I have no other powers of my own.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver