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.

adjective

of or relating to hymns.

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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, -al²

Words nearby hymnal

hymenotomy, Hymettian, Hymettus, Hymie, hymn, hymnal, hymnary, hymn book, hymnist, hymnody, hymnology

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.
Spencer Silver, inventor who made the Post-it Note stick, dies at 80|Emily Langer|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
Surreally, a choir of high school students at the gate adjoining ours begins singing a hymnal.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For his part, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is singing from Reid's hymnal.
Prism and the NSA: Something Congress Can Agree On|Lloyd Green|June 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On a shelf, at some convenient place, and specially built for their accommodation, the Bible and hymnal are kept.
Bobby of the Labrador|Dillon Wallace

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.
The Call of the World|W. E. Doughty
Even hymnal poetry was not devoid of this characteristic, and continued halting and rugged like Kaliri's.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
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.
Unitarianism in America|George Willis Cooke
Perhaps he was holding the hymnal now and Miss Witherspoon was singing with him from the same book.
The Shadow|Mary White Ovington

British Dictionary definitions for hymnal

hymnal

/ (ˈhɪmnəl) /

noun

a book of hymns

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of hymns

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