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hymn book

British  

noun

  1. a book containing the words and music of hymns

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He sang his mother’s hymn book better and more simply than anyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

"When we took breaks she would open the hymn book from our church and teach me these songs," she said, recalling the fear of then being told to perform them for the congregation.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

“The hymn book could have been upside down for all I knew,” she said, “but I just remember the feeling of being surrounded by the music of the church and feeling happy.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2017

He then encouraged Whyte to develop his own personal style by listening to and composing songs that sounded more like those tunes, rather than the ones in the Methodist hymn book.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2017

I opened the hymn book and played two of my favorites, “How Great Thou Art” and “In the Garden.”

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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