Plural of hymn
regular plural
The plural of hymn is hymns.
Forms of hymn
| Singular | hymn /hɪm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hymns |
| Countable | countable |
Hymns in a sentence
- They sang hymns that glorified God.From the entry glorified
- He composed hymns, read holy works, and carried his bookchests wherever he went.2013, Nancy Marie Brown, The Abacus and the Cross, page 206. From the entry bookchest
- Churchical adopts the reggae beat to all hymns; heartical is the regular dance music.2010, Leonard Barrett, The Rastafarians, →ISBN, page 267. From the entry heartical
- The liturgical form of hymn which replaced the kontakion was the canon, a set of nine hymns.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 454. From the entry kontakion
- His psalms were sung to the tissing larch, his hymns to the purple heath.1962, R F Delderfield, The Unjust Skies (also 1980 Diana), Afterglow. From the entry tiss
Meaning of hymn
- noun A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
- verb To sing a hymn.
- verb To praise or extol in hymns.
Questions about the plural of hymn
- What is the plural of hymn?
- The plural of hymn is hymns.
- Is hymn countable?
- Hymn is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hymn (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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