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hymnist

[ him-nist ]

noun

  1. a composer of hymns.


hymnist

/ hɪmˈnɒɡrəfə; ˈhɪmnədɪst; ˈhɪmnɪst /

noun

  1. a person who composes hymns
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hymnist1

First recorded in 1615–25; hymn + -ist
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Example Sentences

Cooper also finds fulfillment as an elder at Redeemer Lutheran Church and in studies of theologians Martin Luther and Martin Chemnitz and hymnist Paul Gerhardt.

Cooper also finds fulfillment as an elder at Redeemer Lutheran Church and in studies of theologians Martin Luther and Martin Chemnitz and hymnist Paul Gerhardt.

Three numbers by the great New England hymnist William Billings include the classic song that gives the album its title, “I Am the Rose of Sharon.”

But the Vedic Hymnist was a worshipper who imposed no conditions upon his gods.

The great hymnist died on November 25, 1748, and was buried at Bunhill Fields, London, near the graves of John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe.

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