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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

His voters are reading from the same hymn book.

From Seattle Times Jul. 27, 2022

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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