English words for 'sing a hymn'
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verb
noun
- a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
- A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
- (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
- (architecture) One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
- Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
verb
- sing in a choir
- To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
- To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
- utter in unison
- To echo in unison another person's words.
- (rare) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
- To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
- To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
- Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
noun
- a body of dancers or singers who perform together
- a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
- any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a group of people assembled to sing together
- the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
- The opinion expressed by such a group.
- A song performed by the singers of such a group.
- (by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.
- A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
- (Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
- The noise or sound made by such a group.
- A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
- A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
- (jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
- A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
- A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.
- (often attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
- The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
- An instance of singing by a group of people.
- A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
- (by extension, chiefly British, theater, historical) An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A song that is sung as part of a service asking for God's mercy.
- An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.
- One or all of the members of the religious order that operates a misericordia.
- (historical) A misericord, a thin-bladed dagger, used in the Middle Ages to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary.
- A charitable institution, established by royal foundation and managed by a religious order for providing care to the poor, the sick, prisoners, orphans, etc.
- Compassionate mercy.
verb
- To sing or intone sacred text.
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
- To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
noun
- A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
- Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
- (music) A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
- (music, Anglicanism) A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
- Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
- a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
verb
- (transitive, of a church leader) To chant each line of a hymn before the congregation must sing it, as an aid for those worshippers who can not read out of a hymnbook.
- to appear in a lineout
- (transitive, of trees) To plant in a line.
- (baseball) To become out by hitting a line drive which is caught.
- (transitive, by extension) To generally and briefly predict or describe (something).
- to take part in a sports event
- (transitive, of a number, name, etc. on a list) To remove from effective inclusion on a list by crossing an item off.
- To form a contrasting border to another colour.
- (intransitive) To line up; to form a line.
- (intransitive) To move or hurry away.
- (transitive) To outline (something) to be finished later (often by lining in the drawing.
- (transitive) To create (something, e.g. parking spaces, lanes in a road) by marking lines on asphalt.
noun
noun
- a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
- alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
- (music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
- (phonetics) Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).
- Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition.
verb
noun
intj
noun
- The lines of this part of the choral song.
- (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
- In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
- (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
- the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
verb
- (Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
- (US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
- (US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
- (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
noun
- (Christianity, by extension) A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
- (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
- (Anglicanism) An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
- (Methodism) A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
- (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
- (early Christianity) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- (Evangelicalism) A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- (Catholicism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.
- (Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
- a Protestant layman who assists the minister
- a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
verb
- sing carols
- (transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.
- (intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).
- (intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
- (transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
- (intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
noun
noun
adj
noun
- a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
- the manner in which something is greeted
- the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- a result
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- An oracular answer.
- A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
- (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
- (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
- An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
- An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
- A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
verb
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- (transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
- (intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.
- (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
verb
- recite in elocution
- speak against in an impassioned manner
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
verb
- recite in elocution
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- render verbally
- repeat aloud from memory
- specify individually
- (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.
- (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
- Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography).
- (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
noun
verb
verb
noun
- a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
- A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
- (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
- (architecture) One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
- Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
noun
- A song that is sung as part of a service asking for God's mercy.
- An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.
- One or all of the members of the religious order that operates a misericordia.
- (historical) A misericord, a thin-bladed dagger, used in the Middle Ages to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary.
- A charitable institution, established by royal foundation and managed by a religious order for providing care to the poor, the sick, prisoners, orphans, etc.
- Compassionate mercy.
noun
- a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
- alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
- (music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
- (phonetics) Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).
- Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition.
verb
noun
intj
noun
- The lines of this part of the choral song.
- (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
- In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
- (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
- the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
noun
adj
noun
- a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
- the manner in which something is greeted
- the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
- a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- a result
- the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- An oracular answer.
- A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
- (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
- (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
- An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
- An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
- A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
verb
- sing carols
- (transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.
- (intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).
- (intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
- (transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
- (intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
- a family of similar musical instrument playing together
- the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
- A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
- (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
- (architecture) One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
- Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
verb
- sing in a choir
- To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
- To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
- utter in unison
- To echo in unison another person's words.
- (rare) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
- To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
- To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
- Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
noun
- a body of dancers or singers who perform together
- a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
- any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a group of people assembled to sing together
- the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
- The opinion expressed by such a group.
- A song performed by the singers of such a group.
- (by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.
- A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
- (Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
- The noise or sound made by such a group.
- A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
- A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
- (jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
- A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
- A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.
- (often attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
- The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
- An instance of singing by a group of people.
- A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
- (by extension, chiefly British, theater, historical) An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
verb
noun
verb
- To sing or intone sacred text.
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
- To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
noun
- A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
- Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
- (music) A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
- (music, Anglicanism) A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
- Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
- a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
verb
- (transitive, of a church leader) To chant each line of a hymn before the congregation must sing it, as an aid for those worshippers who can not read out of a hymnbook.
- to appear in a lineout
- (transitive, of trees) To plant in a line.
- (baseball) To become out by hitting a line drive which is caught.
- (transitive, by extension) To generally and briefly predict or describe (something).
- to take part in a sports event
- (transitive, of a number, name, etc. on a list) To remove from effective inclusion on a list by crossing an item off.
- To form a contrasting border to another colour.
- (intransitive) To line up; to form a line.
- (intransitive) To move or hurry away.
- (transitive) To outline (something) to be finished later (often by lining in the drawing.
- (transitive) To create (something, e.g. parking spaces, lanes in a road) by marking lines on asphalt.
noun
verb
noun
intj
verb
- (Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
- (US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.
- (US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
- (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.
noun
- (Christianity, by extension) A modern-day member of a church who handles secular and/or administrative duties in a priest's stead, the specifics of which depends on denomination.
- (US, animal husbandry) A male calf of a dairy breed, so called because they are usually deaconed (see below).
- (Anglicanism) An ordained clergyperson usually serving a year prior to being ordained presbyter, though in some cases they remain a permanent deacon.
- (Methodism) A separate office from that of minister, neither leading to the other; instead there is a permanent deaconate.
- (Mormonism) The lowest office in the Aaronic priesthood, generally held by 12 or 13 year old boys or recent converts.
- (early Christianity) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- (Evangelicalism) A lay leader of a congregation who assists the pastor.
- (Catholicism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
- (Scotland) The chairman of an incorporated company.
- (Freemasonry) A junior lodge officer.
- a Protestant layman who assists the minister
- a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
verb
- sing carols
- (transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.
- (intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).
- (intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
- (transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
- (intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
noun
verb
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- (transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
- (intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.
- (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
verb
- recite in elocution
- speak against in an impassioned manner
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
verb
- recite in elocution
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- render verbally
- repeat aloud from memory
- specify individually
- (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.
- (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
- Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography).
- (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.