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RELIGIOUS MUSIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
Synonyms:
church music; religious music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("religious music" is a kind of...):
genre; music genre; musical genre; musical style (an expressive style of music)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "religious music"):
antiphon; antiphony (a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response)
Mass (a musical setting for a Mass)
processional; prosodion (religious music used in a procession)
antiphonal; antiphonary (bound collection of antiphons)
religious song (religious music for singing)
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