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Hymnology

[him-nol-uh-jee]

hym·nol·o·gy

[him-nol-uh-jee]
noun
1.
the study of hymns, their history, classification, etc.
2.
the composition of hymns.
3.
hymns collectively.

Origin:
1630–40; hymn + -o- + -logy

hym·no·log·ic [him-nl-oj-ik] , hym·no·log·i·cal, adjective
hym·no·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
hym·nol·o·gist, noun
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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hymnology (hɪmˈnɒlədʒɪ)
 
n
1.  the study of hymn composition
2.  another word for hymnody
 
hymnologic
 
adj
 
hymno'logical
 
adj
 
hym'nologist
 
n

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