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RELIGIOUS SONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Religious music for singing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("religious song" is a kind of...):
church music; religious music (genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies)
song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "religious song"):
chant (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)
Negro spiritual; spiritual (a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States)
carol; Christmas carol (joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ)
anthem; hymn (a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation))
