Definition of Hymnaries

1. hymnary [n] - See also: hymnary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymnaries

hymenopterous insect
hymenopters
hymenorrhaphies
hymenostomatida
hymenotomy
hymens
hymenæal
hymie
hymies
hymn
hymn-book
hymnal
hymnally
hymnals
hymnaries (current term)
hymnary
hymnbook
hymnbooks
hymned
hymnic
hymning
hymnist
hymnists
hymnless
hymnlike
hymnodic
hymnodies
hymnodist
hymnodists

Literary usage of Hymnaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Psalms by Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick (1906)
"(2) The formation of another ' Davidic' collection, and the two Levitical hymnaries belonging to the families of Korah and Asaph. ..."

2. A History of the Presbyterian Churches in the United States by Robert Ellis Thompson (1895)
"... of American hymnaries, but it was twenty years before its revision was effected, and then only because the more educated and exacting congregations were ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... the orchestra is often used as an auxiliary, and churches in which congregational singing is the rule are now well supplied with suitable hymnaries. ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The Authorized Roman hymnaries (Я). The Gregorian Chant (§ 2). b. The Evangelical Hymn. Developed from the Folk-Song (11). The Sixteenth and Seventeenth ..."

5. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Hezekiah Butterworth, Theron Brown (1906)
"The hymnaries of the Christian Church for seventeen hundred years are so rich in Easter hallelujahs and hosannas that to introduce them all would swell a ..."

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