hymnist

[him-nist]

noun

1. a composer of hymns.

hymnist

/ hɪmˈnɒɡrəfə, ˈhɪmnədɪst, ˈhɪmnɪst /

noun

1. a person who composes hymns

Word History and Origins

Origin of hymnist¹

First recorded in 1615–25; hymn + -ist

Example Sentences

Cooper also finds fulfillment as an elder at Redeemer Lutheran Church and in studies of theologians Martin Luther and Martin Chemnitz and hymnist Paul Gerhardt.

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Three numbers by the great New England hymnist William Billings include the classic song that gives the album its title, “I Am the Rose of Sharon.”

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But the Vedic Hymnist was a worshipper who imposed no conditions upon his gods.

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The great hymnist died on November 25, 1748, and was buried at Bunhill Fields, London, near the graves of John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe.

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“Come, ye disconsolate” was so changed by Thomas Hastings, the great American hymnist, that it almost became a new hymn.

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