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Definition of hymn noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hymn

noun

NAmE//hɪm//

1a song of praise, especially one praising God and sung by Christians

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2[usually singular] if a movie, book, etc. is a hymn to something, it praises it very strongly

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