hymnody

名词 n.
/ˈhɪm.nə.di/    /ˈhɪm.nə.di/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms. uncountable
    — Primeval Worſhip, Lord, retrieve, / For whoſe Decays the Faithful grieve, / For as thy Temple-Off'rings fall or riſe, / Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies.
  2. The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time. countable
    — Therefore do we recite this Seraphick Theology delivered to us, that in that cæleſtial Hymnody we may communicate with the Heavenly Hoſt …

词形变化

hymnodies plural

词源

From Old French hymnodie, from Latin hymnodia, from Ancient Greek ὑμνῳδία (humnōidía), from ὑμνῳδέω (humnōidéō, “to sing a hymn”), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “song of praise”) + ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”).
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