Hymnology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hymnology \Hym*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? hymn + -logy: cf. F.
     hymnologie.]
     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.
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     2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
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