Meaning | religious music for singing. |
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Narrower | carol, Christmas carol | joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ |
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chant | A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone |
hymn, anthem | A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) |
spiritual, Negro spiritual | A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States |
Broader | religious music, church music | genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies |
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song, vocal | A short musical composition with words |
Spanish | canción religiosa |
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Catalan | cançó religiosa |
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