Hymnography

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The art of composing hymns. uncountable

    "Parallel to this - and at the same time - hymnography flourishes, reaching its high point at the end of the first millennium."

  2. 2
    (music) the craft of hymn composition. wordnet

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agnus deialleluiaansweranthemantiphoncanticle

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"Parallel to this - and at the same time - hymnography flourishes, reaching its high point at the end of the first millennium."

Etymology

From hymn + -o- + -graphy.

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