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Meanings of hymn in English
Combination of text and tune specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer.
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Examples for "anthem"
Examples for "anthem"
1
With the Togs anthem, Young at Heart, by the Bluebells, of course.
2
This needs to be the way our anthem is performed every time.
3
A drive to Stonehenge; an anthem in the Cathedral; Aunt Emily's love.
4
There is a singing in my ears; an anthem fills the world.
5
Outside Milan courthouse yesterday afternoon, they were singing the Italian national anthem.
Usage of hymn in English
1
About him the simple hymn rose and fell in its measured cadences.
2
These replaced the national hymn in the music played by the navy.
3
His hymn is one of the most soul-stirring in the English language:
4
In accord with this peculiar province of the god, the hymn continues:
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The supposed date of the hymn is 1860; the author, Albert Midlane.
6
In the afternoon Joseph asked Elder Taylor to sing the hymn, commencing:
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By and by Uncle Peabody began the hymn in which we joined:
8
A hymn from the Foundling Hospital Hymnbook in the programme this week.
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They are like those of whom we sing in the old hymn:
10
The same loved voice is heard again joining in another favorite hymn:
11
The Highlanders assembled in two rows and I handed out hymn books.
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And you have the Latin, too, as I heard in the hymn.
13
When it was erected Emerson wrote the following hymn for the ceremony:
14
This hymn was written early in the 18th century, by the Rev.
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The hymn being concluded, we put the following questions to the children:
16
Once again the hymn rose in clear ringing tones, intense with feeling:-
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Hymn through the time
Hymn across language varieties
United Kingdom
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New Zealand
Common
Ireland
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