religious song

Other forms: religious songs

Definitions of religious song

1. noun

   religious music for singing
   types:

   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

   Christmas carol, 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)

   dithyramb

   (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)

   Gregorian chant, plainchant, plainsong

   a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church

   doxology

   a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God

   choral, chorale

   a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune

   canticle

   a hymn derived from the Bible

   hymeneal

   a wedding hymn

   paean, pean

   (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)

   recessional

   a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw

   type of:

   church music, religious music

   genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies

   song, vocal

   a short musical composition with words