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hymnaries

hymnaries is the plural of hymnary.

Meaning of hymnary

Noun

hymnary (plural hymnaries)

  1. A book of hymns.
    • Bowring's best known hymn still finds a place in modern hymnaries but the second line might sound unfortunate—and undeserved—if sung now at a B.T.C. service: "Towering o'er the wrecks of time."1960 March, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 208

Questions about hymnaries

What is hymnaries the plural of?
Hymnaries is the plural of hymnary.

Words near hymnaries in the dictionary

  1. hymn-books
  2. hymnal
  3. hymnally
  4. hymnals
  5. hymnaria
  6. hymnaries
  7. hymnarium
  8. hymnariums
  9. hymnary
  10. hymnboard
  11. hymnboards

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