Definition of hymnographer in US English: hymnographer
noun A writer of hymns.
Example sentences
‘Monks, and occasionally nuns, were among the most famous liturgical hymnographers.’ ‘Gathered about the Cross with St. Macarius and St. Helena are bishops, priests, and hymnographers.’ ‘This hymn was written originally in the year 720 by St. Cosmas, one of the greatest hymnographers of the Christian Church.’ ‘The hymnographer of the Church describes the mystery with these words.’ ‘As a hymnographer St Theophanes belongs to the tradition of the monastery of Mar Sabbas, near Bethlehem.’ ‘His prominence in this choir of Orthodox hymnographers is emphasized in many icons of the Protection of the Theotokos.’ ‘Used by 4th-century Syrian hymnographers, contrafacta were also written by the later authors of the Byzantine kontakion.’ ‘Like other hymnographers, Shnorhali created both the melody and the text, and chanted the music he authored.’ ‘Again, the great hymnographers, themselves saints, show a wonderful concentration of prophecy and fulfillment.’ ‘Any holy hymnographers of the Orthodox Church were inspired to write not only the text of the hymns but also their melodies.’ ‘Joseph the Poet and Hymnographer is the most prolific hymnographer in the history of Orthodox Christianity.’ ‘Her reputation is such that she is Orthodoxy's only female hymnographer of distinction.’ ‘Less familiar are the women hymnographers of this period who demonstrated considerable talent in this same field.’ ‘The arrangement of ecclesiastical chanting into tones was entirely the work of the famous hymnographer St. John of Damascus.’ ‘St. John of Damascus, who reposed in 749, is known as one of the great theologians and hymnographers of the Orthodox Church.’ ‘For this reason the hymnographers of the Orthodox Church have composed a most moving Funeral Service.’ Origin Early 17th century: from Greek humnographos, from humnos ‘hymn’ + graphos ‘writer’.
Pronunciation hymnographer /himˈnäɡrəfər/