long metre

noun

a stanzaic form consisting of four octosyllabic lines, used esp for hymns

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Words nearby long metre

long-lived, Long March, long mark, Longmeadow, long measure, long metre, Longmont, long moss, long muscle of head, long muscle of neck, longneck

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Example sentences from the Web for long metre

It was all done in a flash, and I marvel that I tell its mental processes as if they were a song sung in long-metre time.
The Price of the Prairie|Margaret Hill McCarter
You might as well try to sing a long-metre hymn to "Fisher's Hornpipe," as to undertake to dance to that polka.
The Universal Reciter|Various
Let some one with a strong voice give out the long-metre doxology, and the whole world "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow."
Around The Tea-Table|T. De Witt Talmage
The music of the long-metre doxology was floating through the open windows.
Days Off|Henry Van Dyke

It was the old tune which for many years had closed the session of the State Board, the long-metre doxology.
When Sarah Went to School|Elsie Singmaster

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