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

As in a thousand other partnerships of hymnist and musician, Dr. Rankin was fortunate in his composer.

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Ephraem was the greatest teacher of his time in the Syrian Church, and her most prolific and able hymnist.

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He was no hymnist, though he did now and then venture into sacred metre.

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The greatest Lutheran hymnist of the seventeenth century, and perhaps of all time, was Paul Gerhardt.

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Next to Gerhardt, there is no German hymnist whose name is so frequently found in hymn-books today as that of Schmolck.

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