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Definitions for hymnology
hɪmˈnɒl ə dʒihym·nol·o·gy
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hymnologynoun
The study of hymns; hymnody
Webster Dictionary
Hymnologynoun
the hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology
Hymnologynoun
a knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns
Etymology: [Gr. hymn + -logy: cf. F. hymnologie.]
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Hymnology
Hymnology is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. It may be more or less clearly distinguished from hymnody, the creation and practice of such song. Hymnologists, such as Erik Routley, may study the history and origins of hymns and of traditions of sung worship, the biographies of the women and men who have written hymns that have passed into choral or congregational use, the interrelationships between text and tune, the historical processes, both folk and redactional, that have changed hymn texts and hymn tunes over time, and the sociopolitical, theological and aesthetic arguments concerning various styles of sung worship. Hymnology is sometimes more strictly construed, as in A Dictionary of Hymnology, edited by John D. Julian, which concerns itself very largely with the history, textual changes, and translations of hymns, and with the biographies of hymnographers, and very little with the poetic metres of these hymns, or with the hymn tunes to which these are sung.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hymnology in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hymnology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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