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Hymnody
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Religious lyric poetry as distinct from epic and didactic poetry, and contradistinct from profane lyric poetry; hymns taken collectively. According to whether it is used for public and official worship or for private devotion, the entire Latin hymnody is divided into liturgical and non-liturgical. Liturgical hymnody is again divided into the hymns belonging to the sacrificial liturgy of the Mass (Missal and Gradual), or to the liturgy of canonical prayer (Breviary and Antiphonary). Non-liturgical hymnody is divided into that intended for singing and that intended for silent, private devotion. The study and science of hymnody is called hymnology.
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Entry for 'Hymnody'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/h/hymnody.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Hymnody'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/h/hymnody.html. 1910.
