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RELIGIOUS SONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does religious song mean? 

RELIGIOUS SONG (noun)
  The noun RELIGIOUS SONG has 1 sense:

1. religious music for singingplay

  Familiarity information: RELIGIOUS SONG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RELIGIOUS SONG (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))


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