hymnography

English

Etymology

From hymn +‎ -o- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

hymnography (uncountable)

1. The art of composing hymns.
   • 2005, Maria Vasilakē, Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium, →ISBN, page 76:

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

Related terms

• hymnographer
• hymnographical
• hymnographically

Translations

art of composing hymns

• Finnish: hymnografia, virsien säveltäminen
• Portuguese: hinografia (pt) f