hymn

n. song of praised (honoring God, one's country, etc.)

v. sing a hymn, sing a song of praise

For other meanings see hymn (disambiguation) A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a god or other religiously significant figure. The word hymn derives from Greek  hymnos "a song of praise", which itself is derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem *sh2em- "to sing" and is related to Hittite  "he sings" and Sanskrit sāman "song".
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Noun
1. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
(synonym) anthem
(hypernym) religious song
(hyponym) dithyramb
Verb
1. sing a hymn
(hypernym) sing
(derivation) anthem
(classification) music
2. praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God"
(hypernym) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim
(derivation) anthem

(v. t.)
To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.
  

(v. i.)
To sing in praise or adoration.
  

(n.)
An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.
  

a religious song or psalm. (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16) Our Lord and his apostles sung a hymn after the last supper. In the jail at Philippi, Paul and Silas "sang hymns" (Authorized Version "praises") unto God, and so loud was their song that their fellow prisoners heard them.