Meanings
nounhymnography (uncountable)
- uncountableThe art of composing hymns.
Parallel to this - and at the same time - hymnography flourishes, reaching its high point at the end of the first millennium.
2005, Maria Vasilakē, Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium, →ISBN, page 76
Origin
- Englishhymn
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishhymnography
Translations
Finnish hymnografia, virsien säveltäminen
- hymnografiaart of composing hymns
- virsien säveltäminenart of composing hymns
Portuguese hinografia
- hinografiaart of composing hymns
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hymnography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
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hymnography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hymnography
MLA
“hymnography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hymnography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hymnography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hymnography.
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