as in hymnbook
a book of hymns
hymnals are distributed among the congregation before the church service so everyone can join in the singing
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Recent Examples of hymnal
Their songs are sweeping catalysts: hymnals and rallying cries.
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2025
Within five lines, the bridge incorporates a hymnal, pledges undying devotion and solidifies a spiritual quality to the relationship that had been seeded earlier.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
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The hymnals do begin to feel overlong, not helped by their repetitive nature.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
These are the exact same hymnals that are on our piano.
—Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2025
Within five lines, the bridge incorporates a hymnal, pledges undying devotion and solidifies a spiritual quality to the relationship that had been seeded earlier.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2025
Maybe Happy Ending review: Darren Criss is effortlessly charming in a visually dazzling romance between robots
The hymnals do begin to feel overlong, not helped by their repetitive nature.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
These are the exact same hymnals that are on our piano.
—Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hymnal
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Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff Some traditional songs arrived with the European migrants who brought their fiddles and hymnbooks to Appalachia and other regions.—
Simon Montlake,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 July 2024
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Singers sought for new hymnal (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Latter-day Saint soloists and choral singers are needed to help record songs for the new hymnbook, which is part of the church's digital sacred musical collection.—
David Noyce,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
24 Aug. 2023
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“Hymnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hymnal. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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