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hymnary

noun hymnaries

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."
Similar: hymnal, hymnarium, hymnbook

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@misc{hymnary_2026,
  title = {hymnary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hymnary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}