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 Hymn n.  An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.
    Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns.   --Col. iii. 16.
 Where angels first should practice hymns, and string
 Their tuneful harps.   --Dryden.
 Hymn book, a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.