Definition of "hymnist" []

• A writer of hymns (noun)

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• "Subsequently a hymnist and a poet, Montgomery's most successful work was the anti-slavery The West Indies (1809)."
• "They turned their backs on the divine to walk into the human, never to have the melodious experience that the hymnist describes: I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses, and the voice I hear falling on my ear the Son of God discloses."
• "Dick Morris, the president's political adviser and hymnist to "" family values, '' got caught in a humiliating sexual scandal and was back in business as a successful independent contractor almost at once."