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Hymnology   Listen
noun
Hymnology  n.  
1.
The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.
2.
A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.





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"Hymnology" Quotes from Famous Books



... how strange a chance this forgotten author came to his own. In 1896 or 1897 Mr. William T. Brooke picked up two volumes of MS. on a street bookstall, and bought them for a few pence. Mr. Brooke happened to be a man learned in sacred poetry and hymnology, and he no sooner began to examine his purchase than he knew that he had happened on a treasure. At the same time he could hardly believe that writings so admirable were the work of an unknown author. In choice of ...
— From a Cornish Window - A New Edition • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... place and office in the field of Latin literature, as the chief author who bridged the gulf between pagan poetry and Christian hymnology.' —North Pinder. ...
— Helps to Latin Translation at Sight • Edmund Luce


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