hymnist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hymnist
Example Sentences
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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.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2018
Wallin is Scandinavia’s greatest hymnist and perhaps the foremost in the entire Christian Church during the Nineteenth century.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
The third derived from Bernard’s Latin lyric is by the American hymnist, Ray Palmer: O Jesus, Joy of loving hearts!
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
Many other points are noted—such as the derivation of “Pytho” from a word meaning rot,—to show that the hymnist was rather disparaging than celebrating the Delphian sanctuary.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Andrew Lang
The great hymnist died on November 25, 1748, and was buried at Bunhill Fields, London, near the graves of John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
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