hymnody /ˈhɪm.nə.di/ noun2 •The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.Primeval Worship, Lord, retrieve, / For whose Decays the Faithful grieve, / For as thy Temple-Off'rings fall or rise, / Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies. — 1721 •The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time.Therefore do we recite this Seraphick Theology delivered to us, that in that caelestial Hymnody we may communicate with the Heavenly Host … — 1718 formshymnodies
