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Noun: hymnology  him'nó-lu-jee
  1. 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
     
  2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns

Derived forms: hymnologies

Encyclopedia: Hymnology