hymnbook
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈhɪmˌbʊk/
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himnario
- DeAnne walked over to the table where Sister Bigelow was stacking up the hymnbooks.
Examples
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He glanced at the hymnbook in his hands, ready to join in the worship with the rest of the church members.
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Harvey was slightly red in the face, as if he had been hurrying, mopping his forehead as he fumbled in his hymnbook for the appropriate page.
Fiction book (1995) -
The tabernacle's air was sweet with the smell of dusty hymnbook paper.
Academic text (1999) -
If you'll all open your hymnbooks to page 90.
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Newton invited Cowper to contribute to a hymnbook that he was compiling.
Blog text (27) -
When we first came to our church, there was one piano, hymnbooks, and one wobbly singer leading from the lectern.
Blog text (16) -
She sat in a pew looking at a hymnbook in the rack on the pew ahead of her.
Fiction book (2002) -
As the choir prepared to sing, the director reminded everyone to open their hymnbook to the correct page.
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During the service, she carefully followed the melody in her hymnbook as the congregation sang together.
Synonyms
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2.1
A book with words and music for many songs
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6.8
A book of songs used in church services
A book that has hymns used in church services
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Morphology
Etymology
Hymnbook is made of hymn (from the Greek hymnos, meaning 'song of praise') and book, so it is literally a 'book of praise songs' used in religious worship.