Definitions for hymnists

hymnists hym·nist

Spelling: [him-nist]
IPA: /ˈhɪm nɪst/

Hymnists is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in hymnists (himnssty).

Definitions for hymnists

noun

  1. a composer of hymns.
  2. a composer of hymns.

Origin of hymnists

First recorded in 1615-25; hymn + -ist

Examples for hymnists

“Come, ye disconsolate” was so changed by Thomas Hastings, the great American hymnist, that it almost became a new hymn.

The greatest Lutheran hymnist of the seventeenth century, and perhaps of all time, was Paul Gerhardt.

Ephraem was the greatest teacher of his time in the Syrian Church, and her most prolific and able hymnist.

Next to Gerhardt, there is no German hymnist whose name is so frequently found in hymn-books today as that of Schmolck.

As in a thousand other partnerships of hymnist and musician, Dr. Rankin was fortunate in his composer.

He was no hymnist, though he did now and then venture into sacred metre.

James Montgomery, the noted English hymnist, was a member of the Moravian communion.

It was not without reason, therefore, that Montgomery became the first English hymnist to sound the missionary trumpet.

The greatest Lutheran hymnist of the seventeenth century, and perhaps of all time, was Paul Gerhardt.

“Come, ye disconsolate” was so changed by Thomas Hastings, the great American hymnist, that it almost became a new hymn.

It was not without reason, therefore, that Montgomery became the first English hymnist to sound the missionary trumpet.

As in a thousand other partnerships of hymnist and musician, Dr. Rankin was fortunate in his composer.

James Montgomery, the noted English hymnist, was a member of the Moravian communion.

Next to Gerhardt, there is no German hymnist whose name is so frequently found in hymn-books today as that of Schmolck.

He was no hymnist, though he did now and then venture into sacred metre.

Ephraem was the greatest teacher of his time in the Syrian Church, and her most prolific and able hymnist.

Word Value for hymnists
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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