hymnary
Americannoun
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hymnaries
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Etymology
Origin of hymnary
From the Medieval Latin word hymnārium, dating back to 1885–90. See hymn, -ary
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The young student was so successful in his rendering of the former hymn that it subsequently found a place in the Norwegian church hymnary.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
Specifically, there is no collection of hymns in existence which might correspond to a modern hymnary.
From Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries by Ruth Ellis Messenger
But the Greek Church can boast of many hymn writers in her communion, whose compositions would do no discredit to our Western hymnaries.
From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by John Brownlie
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