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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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Origin of hymnist1

First recorded in 1615–25; hymn + -ist
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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.

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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.”

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

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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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“Come, ye disconsolate” was so changed by Thomas Hastings, the great American hymnist, that it almost became a new hymn.

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