noun
hymn; psalm
Christian religious song. Used for both traditional hymns and contemporary worship music.
日曜日の礼拝で賛美歌を歌った。
We sang hymns at the Sunday service.
彼女は賛美歌の伴奏をピアノで弾いた。
She played the accompaniment for the hymn on the piano.
Compound of 賛美 (さんび, 'praise') and 歌 (か, 'song'). The kanji 賛 means 'approve/praise' and 美 means 'beauty', together conveying the idea of praising beauty or God.