Hymn vs. prayer

[Paula]

Test No. incompl/inter-63 "How to agree", question 4

Fortunately the leader and all her members were singing from the same ......... sheet.

(a) hymn
(b) prayer
(c) lyric
(d) sermon

Test No. incompl/inter-63 "How to agree", answer 4

Fortunately the leader and all her members were singing from the same hymn sheet.

Correct answer: (a) hymn

Your answer was: incorrect
Fortunately the leader and all her members were singing from the same prayer sheet.
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hi! What does it mean?
hymn sheet

[Alan]

A hymn is a song sung in church. The expression means that everybody agrees on the same basic principles.
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[guest]

I am a native english speaker and ESL teacher. I see no reason why lyric sheet is unacceptable. Besides, Hymn sheets don't really exists. The words and music for hymns are usually in hymnals.

[Alan]

I think you've missed the point. In this exercise I've tried to include popular expressions on agreement and agreeing and I'm sure you must know this one - referring to the idea of all party members agreeing on basic principles.
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[Rich7]

I understood this from the very first time I read it.

I just assume the analogy.