RELIGIOUS SONG

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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))