Bible Dictionaries
Hymnology

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.

(2):

(n.) The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hymnology'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hymnology.html. 1828.