hymn of praise

collocation in English

meaningsofhymnandpraise

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hymn
noun[C]
uk
/hɪm/us
/hɪm/
a song of praise that Christians sing ...
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praise
noun[U]
uk
/preɪz/us
/preɪz/
things that you say that express your admiration and approval of someone ...
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(Definition ofhymnandpraisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Athena's music is heard again as an introduction to the final scene, in which the chorus sings ahymnofpraiseand reconciliation.
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The three sections describe the women's thanksgiving, an intense dance of joy and heartfelthymnofpraise.
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It is ahymnofpraiseto the voluntary system.
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We will not indulge in anyhymnofpraise; we shall just have a quiet laugh.
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This debate brings us together to sing ahymnofpraiseto volunteers and voluntary organisations.
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That poem was ahymnofpraise.
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Everything a historian writes, he stated for example, should be a celebration of life, ahymnofpraiseto life.
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This restores the faith of the three choirs, who join the altar server, one by one, in hishymnofpraise.
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Different parts of the temple are described along with its furnishings and the cylinder concludes with ahymnofpraiseto it.
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His body is carried out ceremoniously as the chorus sing ahymnofpraise.
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You do not walk in, seize the land, the person, the history of another and then sit back and compose hymns of praise in his honour.
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The miracle of a steady expansion, greeted with such deserved hymns of praise before 1972, seems to have faded out.
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In the period leading up to the general election they were the subject of hymns of praise.
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The devotees bow down at the feet of the deity while offering hymns of praise.
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Sahasranamas are classified as stotras, or hymns of praise, a type of devotional scripture.
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