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hymnal
[ him-nl ]
/ ˈhɪm nl /
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noun
Also called hymn·book [him-book]. /ˈhɪmˌbʊk/. a book of hymns for use in a religious service. QUIZ
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Origin of hymnal
1535–45;
(in def. 1) <Medieval Latin
hymnāle, noun use of neuter of
hymnālis (adj.);
(in def. 2) <Medieval Latin
hymnālis;see
hymn,
-al1,
-al2Words nearby hymnal
hymenotomy,
Hymettian,
Hymettus,
Hymie,
hymn,
hymnal,
hymnary,
hymn book,
hymnist,
hymnody,
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How to use hymnal in a sentence
He marked each week’s musical selections with scraps of paper, which, to his abiding annoyance, fluttered to the floor when he opened his hymnal.
Surreally, a choir of high school students at the gate adjoining ours begins singing a hymnal.
For his part, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is singing from Reid's hymnal.
On a shelf, at some convenient place, and specially built for their accommodation, the Bible and hymnal are kept.
In Korea a union hymnal was issued some time ago and the first edition of 24,000 copies was sold within the first few weeks.
Even hymnal poetry was not devoid of this characteristic, and continued halting and rugged like Kaliri's.
Hymns of nearly all these men are in common use in many congregations, and some of their work has found a place in every hymnal.
Perhaps he was holding the hymnal now and Miss Witherspoon was singing with him from the same book.
British Dictionary definitions for hymnal
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of hymns
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