hymn

«hymn» in Mova's school dictionary: A song of praise to God, sung in church, at assemblies or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hymn, hymns)

meaning for a pupil

1) A song of praise to God, sung in church, at assemblies or at religious events. tree →

2) A song or piece praising something, as in «a hymn to freedom». tree →

sense in the lessons

In schools in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ, children sometimes sing hymns in assembly. In stories and religious education it is linked with church, weddings and funerals. Phrases: sing a hymn, hymn book, hymn sheet («sing from the same hymn sheet» = agree).

examples

• We sang a hymn in assembly. tree →
• The choir sang a beautiful hymn at the wedding. tree →
• Open your hymn books at page twenty. tree →
• Grandma's favourite hymn is played at Christmas. tree →
• The anthem is like a hymn to the country. tree →
• The teachers are singing from the same hymn sheet. tree →

note

Silent n: said «him». Homophone: «him». Plural: hymns. Adjective: hymnal (also a noun for a hymn book).

In the corpora

• Things borrowed from church, like prayer books or hymn books, are shared and need care.
• The Vedas are very old sacred hymns, learned by heart and passed on by speaking for many centuries before being written down.
• The Methodist Church was started by John and Charles Wesley in the 1700s; Charles wrote thousands of hymns.
• Funerals often include music the person loved, such as a football song, alongside hymns and readings.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hymn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.